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Old 09-18-2009 | 05:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Blackbird
People I've talked to said that the Zulu's are not as good as the QC, when you take size, price and usefulness into account. I flew with a Fed last week that said the TSO thing is overrated.
Maybe one of the legal types can clarify but my understanding is the headset TSO thing does not really apply to most airliners. Most of the airliners are certified using the cockpit speakers and the handheld mike for communication. The feds require a boom mic (hands free) during critical phases of flight. This is why we can take off our headset en-route but wear them during terminal ops. Seeing that the UFM microphone meets the fed’s requirement the UFM/BOSE system is legal because the cockpit speaker is certified as the primary means (if a fed is onboard turn the speaker on). Now if your aircraft is certified using headsets (i.e. you cannot legally remove your headset en-route) then you are required to have a TSO’d headset (take the ear buds).
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