Originally Posted by
BlueSkies
Ok, can someone who doesn't like to use hotmic explain to me why they prefer leaving an ear exposed and yelling back and forth in the cockpit over hotmic?
I'm just trying to understand...really.
At a previous airline I flew with lots of senior CAs who were similiar in age to the current guys I fly with and they all used hotmic. So it's not a generational thing.
I just don't get why some guys are so against hotmic. I get it a little more on the older 737s without the new comm panel, but even then all it takes is a rubberband. They even have them available in the CPO!
Sorry for the rant.
The further west you get, the less stupid things become.
Once upon a time a 737 crew went onto O2 for whatever reason and was not able to communicate.
We now have aircraft built with the hot mic. These require the exact same movement (action) in an O2 situation as previous aircraft. Honestly, anyone who can’t rationalize the use of hot mic really needs to think big picture.
Not a rant...it’s a fact.