Idiot uses hand held radio on tower frequency to contact aircraft in Buenos Aires
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Idiot uses hand held radio on tower frequency to contact aircraft in Buenos Aires
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it became clear that somebody was messing around since the vector Penín told the captain to use did not correspond to the runway.
I knew an ex-captain who used a hand-held to sometimes talk to the tower, without abusing the privilege. However, he got his set confiscated, one day, when a nearby Phillips RF engineer happened to overhear him using it.
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I think I also heard someone mentioning picking up their clearance before powering up the aircraft...
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I was inbound to Juneau recently and had to go around because the tower had cleared a Piper Cub to land via cell phone but had lost contact with him when he hung up! We were a little too close for comfort so we went around and landed opposite direction a few minutes later.
As for getting the clearance e.t.c this makes a lot of sense, as in smaller planes, starting up the radios draws quite some power and they need to be shut down again for engine start to avoid damage. Particularly in cold days getting ATIS and clearance from delivery is practical using a handheld, so you don't have to do that.
