Snowbird wrote:
Newps wrote in message news:mNQ2c.499756$I06.5381546@attbi_s01...


If you do not hear the controller talking then he is not busy, doesn't
matter how many freq's he has. Controllers do not switch transmitters
on and off to talk to different aircraft. What he may be doing off the
air is irrelavant. If he gets too busy he gets another body in there to
handle the landline.


If he has another body to haul in there.

This is kind of funny to me. I remember some time ago I posted
about an incident where a Big Iron captain got P/O'ed at a not-
busy controller for not pointing me out as traffic (I was VFR
with flight following and couldn't have hit him with a JATO assist).

I seem to recall that several ATCS on the groups including SPM and
(I think) you, jumped all over me pointing out that just because I
didn't hear the controller talking a lot on that freq., doesn't mean
he isn't busy, he could be doing a lot of coordination so forth so on.

OK, so I took it to heart, don't assume the controller isn't busy
just because you don't hear non-stop chatter.

Now it seems y'all are saying to the contrary. If we don't hear
y'all talking non-stop, you aren't busy. Roger.

Another day, another viewpoint.

Cheers,
Sydney

You don't have to recall, you can use Google!

Matt