Originally Posted by
Pervis
If you go lost comm for any length of time you are surely aware that ATC will first attempt to reach you on guard. If you’re not monitoring, you could well exceed a 15 minute lost comm window which will result in a “possible pilot deviation” due to recent DHS guidelines. Ask me how I know. That in itself makes monitoring guard prudent. Not inconvenient if the children in our skies stayed home. Or maybe grow up?
Guard is a thing of the past. I’d say MAYBE 5% of the captains I fly with use it. And only when it’s a red eye and we’re probably “studying the panel”.