There's the problem, you're flying a helicopter....
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SWA: Sick out? Work stoppage? ATC? WX? Oppression? Violation of rights? Tantrum?
- Thread starter Sam I am
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(Smiles and shit for the douchey reply)
F*ck'em all...
SWA is apparently approving every exemption, smart guy. Might want to see a professional on why you’re so emotionally invested in strangers choices that have nothing to do with you.
I think because you're hearing it over multiple transmitters. For example if you're not hearing ZAB, but you can kind of get ZLA, then you'll hear the guard call over all of the ZLA transmitters. I also wonder if sometimes the controllers don't always remember to switch transmitters when calling before going to guard. I'm sure we've all heard the double-call from Center because the first call went out on a transmitter that wasn't near the plane, then after a switch to a different transmitter, that plane hears the call.
I've also had Memphis lose me right as I needed the turn to the FAC into MEI. I was IMC, so they were eager to get me back up. A guard call got me up to a different freq just before I was about to switch over to tower to try and get the clearance from them.
This was in fixed-wing. Ironically, despite having 5 different radios in the commercial helicopter (6 if you include the SAT phone), there aren't enough radios to monitor guard. Oh well. I never really understood why a monitor function is such a new thing on civilian radios now.
Not completely unknown on the tracks between Hawaii and the mainland.