Originally Posted by
artlight
Some ships were worse than others depending on the condition of the seals. More than a few times I wore ear plugs underneath the ship set. Some trips I would drive home in the car with no radio, I definitely felt noise fatigue. I just wanted quiet.
Yes, this is my experience, too. Air leakage from seals and even some display screens on or near max brightness is where I find the most extraneous noise.
I’m laughing reading everyone’s comments about stereotypes of captains who wear ship sets, recalling a fairly recent takeoff where, as PM, I called V1, Rotate and did not see any movement on the yoke. I yelled louder, “RO-TATE!” at which point we both laughed. That was in the loudest 717 I’ve flown.