Communication on 121.5
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Whilst on this subject, I was down in the Far East the other day minding my own business, when two gentlemen popped up on guard and started asking each other about the ride heading from Singapore to Oz. One was English and one American. The chat went on for a while. Eventually I told them, when I could get a word in edgeways, to perhaps take the talk to 123.45. The English guy told me on 121.5 “why don’t you get a life!” I thought this was a little strong and a pretty rude.
I don’t normally say anything when I hear talk on 121.50. Normally people just telling another carrier to call ATC on a different freq. I have heard a myriad of other things including cricket scores.
By the way I know who the guy (from EK) was on 121.50 as I heard you later on the same frequency. I looked you up..... hope we meet soon!
I don’t normally say anything when I hear talk on 121.50. Normally people just telling another carrier to call ATC on a different freq. I have heard a myriad of other things including cricket scores.
By the way I know who the guy (from EK) was on 121.50 as I heard you later on the same frequency. I looked you up..... hope we meet soon!
Wow unlink. Your last sentence sounds like it came from one of our muppets. You looking for an office job? Looks like a couple of vacancies in the Boeing office.
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You are being paranoid! Not everyone is a manager and I am certainly not an office wallah, but I don’t like rude people. A totally unprofessional thing to say in an emergency freq.
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A relief to know that I'm not the only one who has to forcefully lower the guard volume.
EK and QR (in my experience) have normally either relayed messages from ACCs. Hardly see them abuse 121.5.
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3 years later, our Indian colleagues from ifly and air india express continue to abuse the guard frequency.
Im still forced to keep it at the lowest possible volume these days. Cant bear to hear those call signs and the pilots pleading to their collegues to respond on guard.
Dont these guys have company frequencies?
Im still forced to keep it at the lowest possible volume these days. Cant bear to hear those call signs and the pilots pleading to their collegues to respond on guard.
Dont these guys have company frequencies?
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Unfortunately, it's one of the pitfalls of flying in this part of the world. Just like the poor standard of driving on the roads here in the UAE, some things will never change!
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Not too long back I heard the most appropriate response to an outbreak of silly noises on 121.5
London Centre replied with the miscreant’s actual call sign, telling him to desist and that he was going to be reported.
He’d obviously failed to realise that over much of the UK they have the ability to auto triangulate radio transmissions on the emergency frequencies.
Hopefully the appropriate action was taken.
London Centre replied with the miscreant’s actual call sign, telling him to desist and that he was going to be reported.
He’d obviously failed to realise that over much of the UK they have the ability to auto triangulate radio transmissions on the emergency frequencies.
Hopefully the appropriate action was taken.
