Quoting Mark Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Peter Stephenson wrote: > > > 1. one busy airfield on one frequency: no problem. > > 2. three busy airfields on one frequency: big problem. > > 3. multiple airfields on multicom: even bigger problem. > > > I'm not quite sure how any of that is inconsistent with what I wrote. > If you have operational reasons for not making the calls, don't make > them. If you don't, make them. > > Why is this hard? The yanks seem to have been coping with this gunk > for years without complaining about it... > > - mark > > > > >> Come on, people, this isn't complicated. Use your judgement and make > >> the calls when you can. If your cockpit workload is too high and you > >> miss them nobody will get upset, but if you're snoozing around a > perfectly > >> normal circuit there's an expection that you'll make the calls.
Just picked up on this thread so without looking at what has gone before, The problem with frequency congestion is an operator problem partly unique to the culture in Australia. Many older pilots who grew up with the taxpayer sponsored FIS that had to be dismantled under the user pay system wanted to continued operations with that level of service so we had pilot-to- pilot Chatter. Many of these often professional pilots were simply reluctant to give up the full positive control they grew up with even when they were OCTA and now G/E airspace. Pilots didnt know the separation standards that FIS used to separate them nor did they get the necessary currency to apply them quickly. Not having an easily recognisable separation standard meant chatter to largely invent one for their developing situation. Many of them sort of handled it to a similar standard that suited VFR ops. Er, you continue that track and Ill remain .. and, errr, we should be right?. This was picked up by the younger/amateur pilots and we now put these pilots on a Multicom come CTAF frequency and this chatter between two pilots, multiplied by ten AFLDs means we have chatter between 20 pilots denying position reports by 100 pilots. Many pilots say the new system wont work due to frequency congestion but all that is required is to drop the habit of Chatting to other pilots at the expense of the greater number of pilots wishing to give their SHORT position reports, often at their remote AFLD. Stop the rot by simply using the frequency as it is NOW intended. Read the documentation so that you know how to apply it. Lookout, particularly inside the 10nm, make the recommended pilot alerted position reports when operationally possible and give the new system a go. When it doesnt work in your situation, ask yourself if it was because you were hesitant or was there someone else abusing the frequency with non standard calls (possibly at an AFLD remote to yours) that cluttered up the frequency. Best regards, Daryl _____________________________________________ This email (including all attachments) is confidential. It may contain personal information and is intended solely for the named addressee. Confidentiality is not waived or lost because this email has been sent to you by mistake. If you have received it in error, please let me know by reply email, delete it from your system and destroy any copies. This email is also subject to copyright. No part of it should be reproduced, adapted, or published without my written consent, as the copyright owner, or communicated or forwarded to anyone other than me. Any personal information in this email must be handled in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/html/pasteact/0/157/0/PA002090.htm _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
