$5,000 fine for not monitoring the radio
Captain Bloggs, the message was a bit unclear. Tankengine was on the money.
The CP encourages pilots to make radio calls as required to ensure safe operations. The method of summing it up is to ask "Who are you talking to? And Why are you talking?"
So if you are broadcasting and there is other traffic, then keep to the point of the radio broadcasts (which is to establish situational awareness - not to organise after works drinks or to clog up the airwaves with - turning downwind, mid-downwind, late down-wind....).
If you broadcast, and there is no other traffic, then keep to the minimum - joining circuit, turning base, (before departure) taxi-ing, entering an active runway.
The CP encourages pilots to make radio calls as required to ensure safe operations. The method of summing it up is to ask "Who are you talking to? And Why are you talking?"
So if you are broadcasting and there is other traffic, then keep to the point of the radio broadcasts (which is to establish situational awareness - not to organise after works drinks or to clog up the airwaves with - turning downwind, mid-downwind, late down-wind....).
If you broadcast, and there is no other traffic, then keep to the minimum - joining circuit, turning base, (before departure) taxi-ing, entering an active runway.
If the quote is accurate, I wonder how the recipient pilot took it; whether they also felt they were being told to shut up.
Captain Midnight: The pilots get the full box and dice, with the full explanation beforehand (as detailed on 3 Aug). In flight, the CP then asks - who are you talking to? and Why are you talking? as a memory aid to the line pilot to encourage clear, concise, relevant radio broadcasts.
In my initial post, I gave the Reader's Digest version without the full explanation....
In my initial post, I gave the Reader's Digest version without the full explanation....
