View Poll Results: Headset on or off in cruise flight?

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Do you keep headsets on during cruise?

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10-28-2019, 08:35 AM

ATA407

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Do you keep headsets on during cruise?

During cruise or during long flights do you keep headset on or take it off and use the hand mic?

10-28-2019, 08:41 AM

blinkpilot182

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It depends on a few things. Mostly how quiet the flight deck is in cruise. If I can speak at a conversational level then I like to take it off. If my FO is using an ANR headset and prefers to leave it on then I'll leave mine on (truth be told I should be using an ANR headset myself). Also I believe when flying internationally it's best to use a headset due to accent barriers.

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10-28-2019, 08:42 AM

Duckdude

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J-3 Cub - yes
BAe-3201 - yes
EMB-145 - yes
B757 - no

10-28-2019, 09:05 AM

LATIN

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A321 Off at TOC
777 off at 18k

10-28-2019, 09:26 AM

Omniscient

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Airbus at Spirit usually is off at FL180

Unless the guy is climbing out at 330IAS

10-28-2019, 09:45 AM

at6d

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B737 “what?”

10-28-2019, 09:52 AM

GogglesPisano

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737. Off at FL180. No way I’m wearing a head vise for 5 hours. (And earplugs from pushback to shutdown.)

10-28-2019, 10:11 AM

Riverside

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747-off in toc.

10-28-2019, 10:45 AM

Flightcap

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A320 Spirit, I bring a Bose QC25 with UFlyMike. 90% of captains want to go off headset at FL180. The few that I can get to try the Bose want to steal the headset from me and stay on headset the rest of the pairing.