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Normally connected on arrival and used, so I guess that’s a check! Not sure there is a specific to check it per se, but it’s fairly obvious if it’s not working. A lot of the time we will start refuel before the flt deck turn up so will be talking to no one anyway 😧 not that they listen 😉
Spanner’s, if there’s nobody in the cockpit the boarding can’t start anyhow.
Friend of mine recently had a Cargo Smoke Warning during refuelling/boarding. The ground headset turned out to be u/s when he attempted to call ground to find out what was happening.
Rather awkward - what would you do?
Friend of mine recently had a Cargo Smoke Warning during refuelling/boarding. The ground headset turned out to be u/s when he attempted to call ground to find out what was happening.
Rather awkward - what would you do?
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Spanner’s, if there’s nobody in the cockpit the boarding can’t start anyhow.
Friend of mine recently had a Cargo Smoke Warning during refuelling/boarding. The ground headset turned out to be u/s when he attempted to call ground to find out what was happening.
Rather awkward - what would you do?
Friend of mine recently had a Cargo Smoke Warning during refuelling/boarding. The ground headset turned out to be u/s when he attempted to call ground to find out what was happening.
Rather awkward - what would you do?
That’s what he did. He sent the FO to have a look.
But as he said afterward, no pilot likes the feeling of sitting in the cockpit staring at a potential raging fire in the belly hold while having no comms, twiddling his thumbs and waiting for somebody to come tell him WTF is happening!
Here’s a better solution.
Before boarding, make it SOP to positively check and confirm comms with the ramp via a working headset.
His company actually FORBID this because it ”wastes time” and might delay boarding!
Safety be damned. OTP is the first priority. All other priorities rescinded.
But as he said afterward, no pilot likes the feeling of sitting in the cockpit staring at a potential raging fire in the belly hold while having no comms, twiddling his thumbs and waiting for somebody to come tell him WTF is happening!
Here’s a better solution.
Before boarding, make it SOP to positively check and confirm comms with the ramp via a working headset.
His company actually FORBID this because it ”wastes time” and might delay boarding!
Safety be damned. OTP is the first priority. All other priorities rescinded.
