Originally Posted by dckozak

Not to defend anything on guard that isn't appropriate, but if you have a boat and monitor 16 (USCG guard) you will hear radio abuse on a continuous basis that is beyond sad. Boater's (have a community) that is so unprofessional and unaware of what the radio is for as to make monitoring the emergency channel almost impossible on the weekends in the summer.

Originally Posted by deadseal

Are you saying that while on probation you would tell your captain to stop screwing off on guard? You are either dumb or a liar

Originally Posted by CLazarus

Not backing down, eh? You reinforce my point kid.

RhinoPherret - Too true, thanks. I also think some guys just can't help but try to get in the last word, as if that makes them right. I try not to start or get involved in spear chucking on these forums, but sometimes trouble finds me.

Originally Posted by atooraya

Don't call me son.

Originally Posted by atooraya

Boy, I have more time over the outer marker than you do in your entire logbook. Don't call me son.

Originally Posted by atooraya

I've stopped monitoring guard east of the Rockies now.

Originally Posted by Laughing_Jakal

First, I'm far from being a "Guard Hawk", and I've got a reasonable sense of humor (I think).....but in the last six months, I've heard more inane, immature "stuff" over guard than I have in the previous 25 years of flying to the point it's getting in the way of normal communication.

I was asked to call another a/c on guard and transmit a frequency to a crew who missed a handoff.....the whole time, we were interrupted by a guy who was obviously making fun of "Guard Nazi's", by snickering and saying "You're on Guard!....then a response "you're on Guard too!"...."no.....you're on Guard!"

I mentioned this to the pilot I was flying with in Miami two days ago, and he shook his head and said "I've heard the same"...Now we're not talking about the occasional funny caustic comment when someone makes a whole PA over Guard, or the like. Now he is all of about 35, but he said it is all the "young guys/gals" coming up who have "no sense of professionalism". He said it was rampant where he came from. (He's been flying since 15).

Not 5 minutes later, we hear "Hello"...."hello"...."hello"....."Hello"...ma ybe 10 times with a good 10 sec break between the calls....finally someone says "You're transmitting on guard"...simple, unemotional, just data transfer.....the the response comes "<snicker>...there he is...I found him...'The Guard Nazi'".

Meanwhile, folks calling for push and taxi clearance couldn't get a word in edgewise on ground it was so busy.

Later, same flight, someone pops off with "Livin the dream!" in the same voice from the youtube video. Two weeks ago, I hear "work, work, work, contract, work"...also from the video.

The only thing I can figure is that with the advent of social media, some of our "professional" brethren are treating guard as a "twitter post"....trying to be funny over guard to untold masses in an attempt to get social validation in return.

What disturbs me even more is that either they are Captains or the Captains they are flying with condone this behavior. We can make this job fun in the cockpit....but the childish behavior is going to bite us in the rear sometime.

I figure this post will nominate me for "Tool of the day"....I guess the benefit of being an old crusty guy (50) is that I really don't give a %#$#.

For the record, that essay that circulated about the guy monitoring guard with the quivering toothpick in his mouth was hilarious and I wish I had a copy.......but the baiting and nonsense has really gotten out of control lately.

Originally Posted by RadarColor

And this is relevant because???

Originally Posted by flyguyniner11

All the generation blaming is hilarious. Every generation has been critical of younger generations. Thinking they are better and more hard working. It's funny.