In article r6Oge.76216$WI3.72033@attbi_s71,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

Mary and I fly from an uncontrolled airfield, are not instrument-rated, and
talk to ATC on nearly every flight.

And we're in Iowa -- supposedly the far corner of the galaxy.

And you're also fairly "new" pilots. When I started training 10 years
ago, I had a young instructor who was comfortable on the radio, so I
became comfortable on the radio. I was taught to use flight following
on every flight, and was comfortable listening and talking from day 1.

I don't notice the problem so much from younger folks who have been
trained by younger folks, but I do notice it quite a bit in the folks
who have been flying for 30 or 40 years, are not instrument rated, and
only go out when the sun shines. Not sure whether the problem is
comfort level or attitude, but if that were me, I wouldn't be flying
around busy controlled airspace with an ADIZ overlay if I wasn't
comfortable at least LISTENING to the right frequencies.



JKG