East Coast Guard Idiots....
04-10-2018, 01:46 PM
#21
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Originally Posted by skidmark
I have never used guard in my life. I laugh as yall make it worse by egging on the people who goof around on it. Yes it can get annoying and I have found myself turning down the volume. Lighten up Francis!!!
Everybody likes a laid back Flight deck. This isn’t a case of ‘lighten up.’ It’s a case of pilots with ADD not acting professionally.
04-10-2018, 04:40 PM
#23
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Originally Posted by Scoop
There are idiots in every Pilot group but you generally don't hear this nonsense:
During redeyes
Over the Ocean
Internationally
Who is not flying in these areas and at night?
The whole thing is a issue of maturity. Younger Pilots are probably the main, but not the only culprits.
Scoop
During redeyes
Over the Ocean
Internationally
Who is not flying in these areas and at night?
The whole thing is a issue of maturity. Younger Pilots are probably the main, but not the only culprits.
Scoop
04-11-2018, 05:18 AM
#26
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
The OP is right though, this crap rarely happens in the West or over the Pacific.
04-11-2018, 06:15 AM
#27
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FWIW. Heard a student pilot distress call over guard. This pilot flew into inadvertent IMC over the Atlantic Ocean just east of New Smyrna Beach. Controller was trying to talk her back over land and into VFR. Student pilot was responding, ever increasingly frantic. This went on for about 4-5 minutes and then all you heard was the controller trying to raise the student. No response. The next day in the paper there was an article about a student pilot who crashed and died in the Atlantic just east of NSB. Prior to this day I believed that the misuse of the guard frequency was immature and unprofessional. After that day I realized that the misuse of guard is dangerous and potentially deadly. When I hear folks messing around on guard, I remember the day that I heard a pilot die and wonder if there is currently a pilot trying to reach a controller on guard to ask for vital information that could save their life and the life of their passengers.
04-11-2018, 06:16 AM
#28
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Posts: 44
Originally Posted by 2StgTurbine
Yeah, it actually is hard to "triangulate" a VHF transmission without specialized equipment distributed over a wide area. It would require a dedicated FCC task force to enforce. And even so, the margin of error can be miles dues to inference patterns on congested frequencies.
Geek level 1000 reading ahead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilateration
04-11-2018, 06:34 AM
#30
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Originally Posted by Scoop
There are idiots in every Pilot group but you generally don't hear this nonsense:
During redeyes
Over the Ocean
Internationally
Who is not flying in these areas and at night?
The whole thing is a issue of maturity. Younger Pilots are probably the main, but not the only culprits.
Scoop
During redeyes
Over the Ocean
Internationally
Who is not flying in these areas and at night?
The whole thing is a issue of maturity. Younger Pilots are probably the main, but not the only culprits.
Scoop
That would be consistent with what’s probably 1% of the traffic vs over the lower 48 9-5 hours.
It’s the worst in the S.E. area of the country. I just turn the volume down or off if it’s a distraction.
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