Why Airline Pilots Can't Chit Chat Below 10,000 Feet

Oxman

Oxman

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Interesting read....Who knew Stephen Colbert was involved?

http://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/new...t-chat-below-10000-feet/ar-BBBax3f?li=BBnbfcL

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I've flown with some guys who constantly miss radio calls while we're talking.

Pro tip for the noobs: listen to the radio with one ear while conversing.
 
NovemberEcho said:
there is nothing more infuriating than a busy day and needing to make a call 2 or 3 times because they weren't listening.
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No, it is more infuriating when a student is not responding to the 2nd call, but giving you a blank stare because they are too terrified to say anything.

On the one hand, they won't learn if you cover radio calls for them. On the other, sorry I have to piss you guys off.
 
drunkenbeagle said:
No, it is more infuriating when a student is not responding to the 2nd call, but giving you a blank stare because they are too terrified to say anything.

On the one hand, they won't learn if you cover radio calls for them. On the other, sorry I have to piss you guys off.
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Strangely it's not usually the GA's I have this issue with, but rather airliners. Especially on weekends. Especially UAL.
 
NovemberEcho said:
Strangely it's not usually the GA's I have this issue with, but rather airliners. Especially on weekends. Especially UAL.
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Don't act like "I was on the landline say again" isn't an excuse for eating a donut.

GA's aren't usually listening to ATC, 121.5, the cabin calling, the fact that we have to you know...talk to each other to fly the plane, run checklists, brief approaches that change at the last minute, dealing with an airplane beeping and buzzing, etc etc etc.

I know you ATC guys get all fussy about it, but there is a reason "communicate" is last on our to do list.
 
learhawkerbe400 said:
I've flown with some guys who constantly miss radio calls while we're talking.

Pro tip for the noobs: listen to the radio with one ear while conversing.
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It always surprises me when I fly with someone who talks over the radio in the cockpit. Granted, I'm normally up UHF, so the comm is generally a little more sporadic (ATC repeater only away from mil airfields/areas), but my dad taught me long ago to shut up for a second and listen anytime someone is saying anything. Perhaps it's just me, but it helps me, and doesn't require the super-human act of actually listening and comprehending two simultaneous conversations. I come from a community that prides itself on having to monitor up to 3 different "radios" simultaneously, but I think that is more bravado than human ability. It still irritates me when a wingman is running their mouth on the aux/comm 2 radio while people are talking on pri/comm 1.
 
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