Mz Hedy wrote:In UK there ain't no chat frequency in air band, and just because you can't hear somebody on frequency, it doesn't mean your "Hello Fred, where are you" call doesn't blat through someone else's squelch when they're trying to make a legitimate call. I recall, long ago, trying to get a student used to circut making calls but being continually blocked out by "hello Fred" chatter from 30-odd miles away. Fortunately they heard me complain and shut up.
There is a microlight frequency for airborne situational awareness calls, but that would only work if Fred is on that channel and not Teesside Tower.
PS. Overlapped with @lobstaboy
PPS. What does the CAA think situational awareness is? They give us the long and the short of it in this tome (see page 71 et seq). In short: 'A colloquial definition of situational awareness is “knowing what is going on”. It also appears synonymous with the colloquial idea of ‘mental models’. Situational awareness is deemed to be at its highest when the person is able to anticipate how a situation is likely to continue into the immediate future.' No mention of setting up a cuppa with Fred at Jim's airfield, I'm afraid.
While on a training flight, we kept hearing someone say "Tom, Tom, can you hear me Tom"
Was repeated about 3 times before Instructor and I burst into a verse of Space oddity