Originally Posted by
Mason32
The headband IS the QC2.... if your not wearing it, turned on, then what's the point...... and the QC2 is not TSO'd
The Telex 5x5 is TSO'd, agreed? Virtually all of the pilots who use the 5x5 use a custom ear mold and either have the mic boom clipped to the ear mold using a piece of plastic, or clipped to their glasses/sunglasses. Either way, the custom ear mold, the plastic piece and/or the eye glasses are not TSO'd (they're not original to the headset). Nor is the headband that is used with the UFM, the QC2.
If you're worried about using a non-TSO'd headband, than here's some other headset stuff I'm sure you're
not doing:
- in-ear headsets with custom molds or different ear pieces than they originally came with
- a rubber band around your 'mic muff' rather than that black 'rubber band thingie' that comes with the headset (DC especially)
- don't use the mic muff @ all (you lost it)
- aftermarket gel ear seals
- ear plugs (not TSO'd, nor TSO'd as part of a 'system' to be used) along with your headset
- aftermarket NR
I'm just saying, if you, as the reader, are concerned about the QC2 not being TSO'd as a headband, than you are really taking the TSO'd requirement to heart - which is fine, you are well on your way to a potentially fulfilling career in government.
However, this 'everything must be TSO'd' thinking should be universally applied. Any headset that doesn't use 100% OM components and isn't used 100% in the way it was intended when TSO'd is no longer TSO'd, not just the one headset that will almost certainly use a non-TSO'd headband.
Guess you missed this post....
I did. Egg on my face right there, huh?
if it's in FM-1, and/or AOM-1 then its the same as a FAR.
I agree. I'm aware of only 1 carrier that specifically prohibits the use of non-TSO'd ANR devices in their manuals - Southwest (great post by a Southwest guy on the majors forum that uses his UFM/QC2 without a battery every time he gets line checked @ Southwest!). Every other carrier out there (that I'm aware of - fee free to correct me) that does have a TSO requirement only requires the "headset" to be TSO'd - the UFM is the "headset", and, if used properly, it is TSO'd. Thus, there is no reason to fear being violated.
Sniper, I normally agree with about 98% of your posts.... this one falls in the other 2% I guess.
My wife is around 20%, and my friends around 70%, so . . . I'm more than happy to take 98%.
