Al Czervik

I'm a bus guy going to the 737 and I'm ****ed. No envy here.

Airway

I use the 850s on the 737 at UA. Very happy with it. Best part, no batteries.

Not as quiet as a bose but quiet enough.

Dolphinflyer

I think it has been answered elsewhere, but why is it many UA flights sound like you're talking with the side window open? (no "Richard" intentions here, just sounds odd at times)

PS, I have no idea what we sound like.

zippinbye

Great, somebody said it. I've had similar thoughts about UA radio transmissions for many years. While it's been discussed within the confines of my cockpit, I never wanted to be a "Tool of the Day" candidate by brining it up on the forum. But since the door has been opened ... my theory is that many United pilots take out the O2 mask and hold it a few inches in front of them to use it's microphone for transmissions, which produces a sound similar to the Spaghetti Os cans with a thigh tension string in between, or something like radio transmissions in classic war movies or cop shows when being "radio dispatched" was a big deal. I can't come up with a serious explanation, but it seems like United has its own sound. Am I wrong? It's irrespective of aircraft type or operational arena, but I can often discern United by the audio quality prior to call sign utilization more often than not. One crusty old ex-Bonanza/Hughes captain I flew with called it "Marvin Mainliner Signature Audio," and that It had been that way forever. He figured United had found a way to can and preserve the DC-3 radio sound. No disrespect United folks, but I really think it's "a thing." The distinctive transmission signature is out there. Anybody else?

Mink

Any reviews of DC One X headsets?

Larry in TN

Those are the people who are using the company-provided headsets.

They are the Plantronics headsets that look like this:

freeflyer14

We are using a headset that successfully helped land a man on the moon, even though technology has changed a bit since then...

RJSAviator76

I'm at Southwest and many of us use Bose A20's... we have $150 rebate ($125 for non-Bluetooth version) through SWAPA.

I only wish I used them sooner...

HPIC

I've used Clarity Aloft in Boeings for years. Very happy with them. Custom molded earpieces make them much better and with greater sound reduction. It's not ANR, but it's quieter than the Bose X I used previously.

LuckyNow

At AA there was talk that they were going to give us a David Clark Pro X, so I never wanted to spend the cash on one just in case this came through. That was 3 fleet captains ago though, so I should probably just pony up.