Funny transmission on 121.5 today.

[DarkPhoenix]

I was driving in my car this afternoon and my scanner stoped on the emergency freq. with the pilot giving his usual post takeoff speach. It was pretty funny hearing that in the car. I was waiting for the seatbelt tone to sound to let me know I was "free to move about the cabin" HAHA

 

[mmartinfan]

On a flight from Columbus to DTW once, the pilot hit the wrong button just after takeoff and the cabin audio was "patched" to the departure channel for CMH via the overhead speakers, so for five minutes everyone in the plane got to listen to ATC.

 

[Newark777]

Once in a while I hear people transmit on the emergency frequency, usually followed by a stern, "Switchover, wrong frequency."

 

[PolarBear25]

On a flight from Columbus to DTW once, the pilot hit the wrong button just after takeoff and the cabin audio was "patched" to the departure channel for CMH via the overhead speakers, so for five minutes everyone in the plane got to listen to ATC.

Cool until The flight your on say S.W.A. 225

ATC: S.W.A. flight 225 look out your going to hit A.A. Flight 666

S.W.A. flight 225 oh that's not Good.. crash..

LOL

 

[mmartinfan]

Cool until The flight your on say S.W.A. 225

ATC: S.W.A. flight 225 look out your going to hit A.A. Flight 666

S.W.A. flight 225 oh that's not Good.. crash..

LOL

talkabout arsehole slamming shut!

 

[PolarBear25]

talkabout arsehole slamming shut!

Yep..

 

[jimvm]

121.5 and SFO

San Francisco tower is on 120.5 and pilots would almost daily call in on 121.5.
Sometimes ATC would tell them to switch.

jimvm

BC780XLT, Optocom, BCD996T, Pro-43

 

[DarkPhoenix]

San Francisco tower is on 120.5 and pilots would almost daily call in on 121.5.
Sometimes ATC would tell them to switch.

jimvm

BC780XLT, Optocom, BCD996T, Pro-43

That I could see as a big problem!

 

[SCPD]

hmm strange I heard also a tX on121.500 also today , I beleve it was this morning. I am in Alabama

 

[Yokoshibu]

... you will always get something on 121.5 no matter where you are.... all you have to do is listen!

after it became a notam to monitor 121.5 if you had the capability it was amazing how many people were botching that up and calling the next center/tower/approach control on 121.5

 

[MaxMan1986]

On a flight from Columbus to DTW once, the pilot hit the wrong button just after takeoff and the cabin audio was "patched" to the departure channel for CMH via the overhead speakers, so for five minutes everyone in the plane got to listen to ATC.

United Airlines has recently added simulcasts of their radio communications to their in-flight audio system so passengers can listen on headsets.

 

[N4JNW]

That'd be sweet...... No more sneaking scanners onboard. LOL

 

[peteinsf]

United headset not so resent...

United Airlines has recently added simulcasts of their radio communications to their in-flight audio system so passengers can listen on headsets.

United started "Channel 9" ATC in the 80's and had their enitre fleet set up on or before 1988.

It's very cool, but pilots have been turning it off frequently after 9/11...

73's

Pete

 

[Declared_Hostile]

I've heard pilots mess up and give cabin announcements over guard quite a few times. This is usually followed by a repeated verbal abuse by other pilots for his mistake. Something along the lines of "hey United 212 jackass you just read the cabin briefing over guard." or some such thing. 123.45 usually lights up soon after with all sorts of commentary about his mistake and how the other pilots could never duplicate such a transgression cuz they're gods of the air and all.

You seemed to get a lot more of that sort of thing after 9/11 when all planes started monitoring guard more than they did in the past or at least paying attention more than they were.

 

[jmp883]

Peteinsf wrote:

United started "Channel 9" ATC in the 80's and had their enitre fleet set up on or before 1988.

It's very cool, but pilots have been turning it off frequently after 9/11...

I flew United many times between the east coast and midwest visiting family members and the only drawback to the ATC service that United offered was that you wouldn't get the headset until after your flight reached cruising altitude due to safety regulations. It was interesting for a few minutes but listening to center handing off aircraft at altitude from sector to sector got old pretty quick. I think most av-radio monitors find that the most interesting listening is from pushback from the gate through the handoff from departure to center. It gets interesting again as center hands the flight off to approach through to ground control up to the gate.

I haven't flown since 2001 but I'm not surprised that pilots might be turning that feature off.