Oh, I think the evidence is that at least one would be working. Gotta talk to ATC some how since smoke signals don't work too well....
Not quite right - two radios will work just fine with ACARS. One for ATC (#1), another (#2) for ACARS, other uses (ATIS, company communications, etc), & backup in case of failure of #1.
I'd really love to see the cost breakdown of a radio transmission, expecially as compared to an ACARS transmission.
On the general subject of on-time statistics, anyone who really knows ACARS knows how to "fudge" the ACARS times, so just having ACARS doesn't necessarily mean that the out/in reporting is any more accurate than times called in.
Then there's the whole issue of the Express carriers that call in their times. If calling in times means those times are suspect, what does that do to the legitimacy of the times at carriers with Express operations (which WN doesn't have)?
On the subject of reporting maintenance discrepancies, I strongly suspect that an analysis of writeups at just about any carrier would show a surprising tendancy for thing to break coming into a maintenance station. Not major stuff that affects safety, but all the little things that aren't that important in the bigger scheme of things.
Jim
you must be pretty quick adjusting the VHF 1 selector knob, most selector I know of have two, the on side and the stby, and you probility don't let your F/O touch that knob on the VHF 2, their just suppose to set there waiting for you to reach 60, or have a heart attack, god forbid, so which freq will you select 1)OPS, 2)ATIS, switch to PA like a good CAPT, switch back to VHF, 3)GND, 4)Tower, 5)DEP, 6)ATC Lcl, 7)ATC CEN, switch to PA to maybe inform the PAX their routing today and the seat belts sign be turn off or staying on for turbulance 8)being hand off to next the ATC CEN, 9)ATC Lcl, 10)ATIS, PA again for seat belts and F/A to get the cabin ready for landing, 11)ARR, 12)Tower, 13)GND, 14)OPS. If you permit the F/O to use the VHF 2, what selection ? Let said 1)OPS, 2)ATIS, 3)GND, skip 4, 5)DEP, 6) ATC Lcl, 7)ATC CEN, 8)being hand off to next ATC CEN, 9)ATC Lcl, 10)ATIS, 11)ARR, skip 12, 13)GND, 14)OPS. the PA is the CAPT's, except when the hand mic, boom mic and the handset are inop,you could put on your O2 mask and play Halloween, we don't need that VHF 3, or that VHF 2, is only for backup, just like the F/O, VHF 1 works find, so next time the VHF 2 goes bellies up, don't write it in the a/c log, put it on a napkin. Those VHF receivers cost about $35,000 new, and about $7,000 to $15,000 repaired by outsourcing, you can save the co. so change. I love to see that C/P management.
