TeamSasquatch

135 Freight Dawgs.... they fly during the day too..... scary, isn’t it....

Excargodog

Hmmnn. Don’t know about that. The company where I flew 135 I think I was the only one who even MONITORED guard, far less talked on it. And that was only because it was what I was taught to do as a USAF back seater (where we referred to Guard as “Navy Common.”)

I do recall the legendary 135 story, don’t know if it was really true or not, back from the days (or rather nights) of flying cancelled checks through the dark in old light twins though. It went something like this:

Low traffic area out in rural Utah at 3AM and the sector controller was talking to someone maybe every ten minutes or so. After one such long quiet period a voice comes up on frequency.

“I’m effin BORED.”

Apparently a supervisor was there, because this insistent guy hops on the frequency and says, “Aircraft that made the last transmission, identify yourself IMMEDIATELY.”

Voice comes back, “I said I was effin BORED, not effin STUPID.”

Anyway, whoever’s doing it, f@rting around on Guard just isn’t right.

The Navy guys might need it at any moment.

Poser765

worked for two of those regionals. Never once experienced it from a colleague. For what it’s worth.

Why does it have to be airlines? I’d wager the overall traffic density is higher in the NE than the rest of the country. Why can’t it be bored kids on their solo cross country flights? Or a doctor bored flying out to Martha’s Vinyard? It could be anyone.

PotatoChip

I've worked at two of them as well
And while I have seen it, it's the vast minority and rare. Usually something as simple as "Really, dude?" is enough to quell it.

JetDoc

Haters..........

PerfInit

Here’s the official Notice from the FCC:

http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Rele...A-17-747A1.pdf

pokey9554

Anyone with a transceiver.

Mjm8710

Few weeks ago I heard someone making farting noises...the more people told him to stop the more he did it. Hard to believe someone next to him would let him do that over the comms..while I found it inappropriate, I’m not going to say I didn’t laugh.

Someday the media is going to get ahold of a distress call and put it on the news, while at the same time people are heard saying “guard”, cat meows, and making pooping sounds. Not going to look good for our profession.

sargeanb

Haha...we were over Wisconsin about the same time that night. I've been out of the GA game for awhile, but my FO started giving him instructions on the G1000 to get to the nearest airport. We're RJ types, for what it's worth. Small world. I think it's just a few bad apples that mess around on guard. I've been at a regional for 12 years and have never seen it, and if I did I'd put a stop to it.

goinaround

Flying over the midwest years ago. Some dude in a cessna had an engine failure and transmitted a mayday with his location, intentions to aim for a dark spot, and asked for a relay to get help on the way. A few pilots responded and offered tips such as mixture rich, restart, etc....

And of course in jumps the guy...

Hey! You're on the emergency frequency!!!!!!