Enough is enough. Just stop. Guard.
04-17-2017, 05:50 PM
#31
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Huggy, I am going to give you the benefit of a doubt since I know you are a stellar individual, but do you listen to a wailing ELT at full volume? Do you listen to static on guard for 20 minutes? Yeah, I monitor it too until something annoys me and then I turn it off. Or sometimes I forget to switch it over until halfway through the leg. Either way, I don't feel as though I am missing too much vital info with twelve other ways to get ahold of someone flying in the flight levels.
I was not talking about the guard thing when I said pet peeves. I was more talking about the guys griping about the "see ya's" and fish finders which are indeed pet peeves. I sometimes say "oh" instead of zero or thirty nine instead of three niner oh. I am sure it infuriates the heck out of someone.
I think most of the guys worried about professionalism in this industry need to take themselves a little less seriously. If someone is honestly embarrassing themselves or their company in front of paying pax with a company ID or uniform on, I will certainly be the first to quietly take them aside, but otherwise...who cares? You guys are seriously pi55ing in the wind if you think any one of you is going to make a dent in the guard chatter. I don't like the stupid cat noises or guard police crap either, but I don't complain or stress about things I can't change.
Either listen in and enjoy it if that is your thing or turn it off for a while and read the USA Today. You will live a much longer, stress free life.
04-17-2017, 06:22 PM
#32
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04-17-2017, 07:12 PM
#33
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My particular favorite is when some panicked GA pilot transmits on guard for assistance because they are having an actual emergency (like an engine failure, forced landing, are lost, etc.) and all you hear are squeals from fools stepping on each other to say GUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD.
Yeah, people making PAs or calls to Ramp/Ops on guard are "funny" - laugh quietly to yourself and act like the damn professional you desire to be compensated as.
Yeah, people making PAs or calls to Ramp/Ops on guard are "funny" - laugh quietly to yourself and act like the damn professional you desire to be compensated as.
Exactly the many who get on and say guard are just as bad and take up space just like the other fools.
04-17-2017, 07:22 PM
#34
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Ok ladies and gentlemen,
Enough is enough. For years we have listened to the escalating sophomoric chatter on guard. It is only getting worse. We are a captive audience, forced to listen to this garbage. Worse yet, ATC is listening as well. At the very least these childish back and fourths block the frequency for someone who might really need it. They prevent it from being used to locate aircraft who have missed a handoff. But I think most importantly, it is an unprofessional distraction that paints us - all of us - in a bad light.
I would like to call upon all of you, Captains and First Officers alike to do something simple. If your flying partner is screwing around on guard, tell them to knock it off. It's childish. It isn't funny. We can joke around all we want in the cockpit, but transmitting our amateur comedy for the world to hear is destructive.
If someone mistakenly calls ops on guard. Just let it go. Nobody needs to have a hair trigger to correct them. They will figure it out when they don't get a response. But just as bad as those that are spring loaded to shout "guard" are the copycat comedians that have to chime in too, ultimately ending in some stupid crack about Delta or "Dad".
Grow up. And demand the same level of maturity from those you fly with. If you agree, copy and share this post to your social media. Hopefully we can put an end to this practice.
/rant
Enough is enough. For years we have listened to the escalating sophomoric chatter on guard. It is only getting worse. We are a captive audience, forced to listen to this garbage. Worse yet, ATC is listening as well. At the very least these childish back and fourths block the frequency for someone who might really need it. They prevent it from being used to locate aircraft who have missed a handoff. But I think most importantly, it is an unprofessional distraction that paints us - all of us - in a bad light.
I would like to call upon all of you, Captains and First Officers alike to do something simple. If your flying partner is screwing around on guard, tell them to knock it off. It's childish. It isn't funny. We can joke around all we want in the cockpit, but transmitting our amateur comedy for the world to hear is destructive.
If someone mistakenly calls ops on guard. Just let it go. Nobody needs to have a hair trigger to correct them. They will figure it out when they don't get a response. But just as bad as those that are spring loaded to shout "guard" are the copycat comedians that have to chime in too, ultimately ending in some stupid crack about Delta or "Dad".
Grow up. And demand the same level of maturity from those you fly with. If you agree, copy and share this post to your social media. Hopefully we can put an end to this practice.
/rant
04-17-2017, 08:06 PM
#35
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FYI, Frontier doesn't monitor guard unless in class II nav. Otherwise Frontier is monitoring airinc freqs
04-17-2017, 08:14 PM
#36
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What I never liked is when regional rivalries blow up on ramp frequencies. Envoy is a major player in that
04-17-2017, 08:15 PM
#37
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There are only one or two things I'd like to say on Guard during a typical free for all: "Mercy" or "Uncle". But, I don't because I expect the cruel clowns on freq would have none and just continue to enjoy listening to themselves.
04-17-2017, 08:19 PM
#38
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Nice advantage of being an expat is that there are no muppets that abuse the guard frequency other than in the area of NVVV where the frogs clutter the frequency with frogese. Oh well it ain't a perfect world.
04-17-2017, 08:20 PM
#39
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04-17-2017, 08:32 PM
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