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Old September 3rd 06, 03:44 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Dave Stadt
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Default Why don't voice radio communications use FM?


"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Emily writes:

Really? Can you cite some statistics? I'd be very interested in
reading them.


Just look through accident and incident reports. Radio communication
is one of the weak links in the aviation safety chain.

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I read NTSB reports every day for years. I cannot remember communications
being anything more than down in the noise level as far as an accident cause
and it certainly is not a leading cause of accidents.