Judge Awards $11.9 Million in Suit Against Civil Air Patrol

On Sunday, August 13, 2017 at 4:02:30 PM UTC-7, WB wrote:
On Sunday, August 13, 2017 at 7:59:14 AM UTC-5, firsys wrote:
On Thursday, August 10, 2017 at 11:24:12 PM UTC-4, Ernst wrote:
Frivolous.

http://www.dailyreportonline.com/id=...20170710230651

Let's go fishing.

Ernst

Is there no mandatory frequency/ unicom in use at this a/p?
Surely the CAP use radio!

JMF

Yes. Of course there is. However, the same frequency is in use at other airports in the area. Transmissions get stepped on, some radios don't transmit well, some don't recieve well, microphones are of varying quality, people get distracted and miss a transmission, both transmitting and receiving, sometimes people switch frequencies and forget to switch back. In other words, lots of reasons why radios, and other technologies are not perfect answers to aviation safety issues.

Use of the CTAF is OPTIONAL, not mandatory, at uncontrolled a/p's. This is why you can't depend upon radio communication. If you believe otherwise then cite the FAR that is your basis.

Tom