Just out of interest. Are airline pilots allowed listening to music while flying?
Jarek > Matthew Gage <[email protected]> wrote: > > Fully agree flying has to be fun, and different people enjoy different > things. Personally, I don't enjoy aerobatics at all, and any instructor > who insists on doing them with me on a check flight is going to get an > ear full, along with the CFI ! I don't particularly enjoy aimless > wandering about near the airfield either. > > I find any man or machine made noise a distraction, so no music, the > radio gets tuned to OFF if it gets busy and the vario volume is as low > as I can set it and still hear something, with all down tones disabled, > and up signalled in cruise only if the netto is greater than the current > McCready setting. > > Providing it doesn't distract from the fundamentals of safe flight, then > do what you want - including listening to music. > > Fly safe and have fun. > > Matt > > > On 15/04/2011, at 10:01 , Grant Davies wrote: > > > Iâm with you Al, > > > > At our club our flying is generally local and we are not full on comp > orientated. > > > > I fly for the enjoyment of it and I like music so I find flying with > music a heightened experience. > > > > I canât think of anything better than bobbing around the clouds > listening to Jeff Buckley crooning in the background. > > > > I also see the point that some serious pilots may see music as a > distraction and understand their comments in relation to its > appropriateness. > > > > Horses for courses. > > > > Kindest Regards > > > > Grant Davies > > m. 0419 818 315 > > f. 07 41 54 14 36 > > e. [email protected] > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Al > Borowski > > Sent: Thursday, 14 April 2011 11:26 PM > > To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Music while flying? > > > > I always thought that the whole point of gliding was to have fun - and > if playing music increases your enjoyment, and doesn't compromise > safety, then why not? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Al > > > > On 14 April 2011 23:07, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Patch & All, > > I am with you bro! > > > > But, perhaps for totally different reasons??? > > > > Aviators seem to be, in the main, a very pragmatic bunch. Glider > pilots, as a sub-group, also seem to fit this mould. The question "Where > are the poets of flight?" has been discussed on this forum in the past. > As a matter of interest, try Goggling "Joseph C Lincoln Award" to see > one excellent attempt to address the balance (although that is not > exactly what the stated goals of the award are about). > > > > To get to the point, I pose the following question " Why in God's > name would you carry, and listen to, canned music whilst gliding?" Each > time you take a launch, you are potentially putting yourself in a > special position where you can resonate with the whole universe - Mind, > Body, Soul, as one. As such, the canned music is, at best, just > distracting noise. > > > > Think about it! > > > > .... Especially if you have not been there! > > > > .... But I suspect, you all know exactly what I am talking about.! > > > > {From a competition pilot's view (a subset group that does not exclude > the above principle- quite the reverse in fact - if you are not at one > with the environment - you will not win), Tom Claffey's post on the > subject is relevant - Tom gives no reasons. Tom would you care to > expound on your post, for the uninformed?} > > > > Regards, > > Gary > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Aus-soaring mailing list > > [email protected] > > To check or change subscription details, visit: > > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring Regards Jarek
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