On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 02:24:15 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Coming back from Pella (near Des Moines) today we over-flew a poor sap who

Oh, you're enjoying this already.

was apparently sitting on his microphone. Worse, he had the incredible
misfortune of being the last person in a flight of three to land, and while
they landed ahead of him he gave a long, critical, and quite profane running
review of his "friend's" landings to his co-pilot -- and also, unknowingly,

This sounds as not believable to me. Are you making something up?
I'll have to say the note of the post doesn't quite make sense. Most
would get at least a little angry, while you're obviously enjoying it.
Oh, you're angry, but not telling us what it actually is. You know
about this guy don't you?

live on the air, to every pilot in the Midwest.

No, just to the local airport; if your story is as it says.


After he landed, we could hear the guy shut down, and someone yelling at
him. Then the mike went dead. It was quite hilarious.

No, it ain't. A pilot couldn't write this without at least a little
bit of concern for himself, and a request that the others would take
it easy on him if and when he walked out the bathroom door with his
own zipper down. But yours is absolute ridicule, for all involved;
including those who answered by reflex. That's not like you, Jay.
Can you fill us in on the rest?


Aside from the obvious lessons to be learned from this (like, always be
careful what you say, in case you're transmitting!), we just could NOT
believe the number of pilots who tried to call the guy with the stuck mike!
For some strange reason, half a dozen folks, both on the ground and in the
air, somehow believed that a radio that is transmitting could also receive
at the same time, so they were broadcasting stupid stuff like "AIRCRAFT WITH
THE STUCK MIKE, PLEASE CHECK YOUR MICROPHONE..."

Obviously (or so I thought) anyone with a basic knowledge of how a 2-way
radio works knows that the receiver is necessarily cut off during
transmissions -- but apparently there are a fair number of people who don't
have a firm grasp on this concept.

This isn't the first time I've heard this type of thing. Back in the 70s,
during the CB radio craze, it was pretty common, and I've heard this happen
once or twice while flying -- but it never fails to amaze me.

We're always looking to scold someone. We do it in our own heads all
the time, as if that does anyone any good. Then pat ourselves on the
back for being on the 'right.' But it takes a bit more nerve to go
through the act, even if it is a anonomous radio call. Some, however,
put more on the line in public. In some cases it is courage, in
others it is just obnoxious. Then there are those events which are
rather unusual.

--Mike