Headsets on BA Airbus
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Headsets on BA Airbus
Does anyone know if BA issue headsets to its pilots, or options to purchase? If so, what make \ model is provided.
If not, does BA allow you to use your own headset ie. Sennheiser?
Not being a current Bus driver, what is the recomended headset fro this aircraft?
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If not, does BA allow you to use your own headset ie. Sennheiser?
Not being a current Bus driver, what is the recomended headset fro this aircraft?
Cheers
FD
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BA use Sennheiser ANR of some sort which are (certainly on the 'bus) hardwired to the aircraft so you're unlikely to be able to use your own. Having said that, I flew with a guy a while ago on the Triple (where the headsets aren't hardwired) who had his own preferred set (non-Sennheiser, non-ANR) which worked fine....
Whether or not it's allowed is a different question.
Whether or not it's allowed is a different question.
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BA have these on the Bus http://www.headsetsetc.com/senhmec.html
They're not hardwired though so you could unplug and use another make. Company provides the headsets and they stay with the aircraft.
They're not hardwired though so you could unplug and use another make. Company provides the headsets and they stay with the aircraft.
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.... but beware, they do not use a standard jack plug, it is more like a DIN plug.
Having said that, I fail to understand why anyone would want to bother hauling their own headset around - I haven't seen anyone in BA do that for about 10 years.
Having said that, I fail to understand why anyone would want to bother hauling their own headset around - I haven't seen anyone in BA do that for about 10 years.
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Having said that, I fail to understand why anyone would want to bother hauling their own headset around -
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Max
We used to do that about 12 years ago at BA - all 737 pilots at LHR had their own Sennheisers. When we stopped and went to aircraft fit headsets it was a revelation to me - sooo much better. The hygeine problem is resolved by the use of steriwipes.
I, for one, wouldn't go back to carrying my own headset.
We used to do that about 12 years ago at BA - all 737 pilots at LHR had their own Sennheisers. When we stopped and went to aircraft fit headsets it was a revelation to me - sooo much better. The hygeine problem is resolved by the use of steriwipes.
I, for one, wouldn't go back to carrying my own headset.
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Company provides the headsets and they stay with the aircraft.
My small airline provides private Sennheisers ANR to all. No ear or mouth diseases
SaniCom and other sterilizers are just for mental comfort, huh!
