United, and channel 9

[dogg]

Quick question: Why are any of you messing with an audio panel in the cockpit or plugging in a headset if you are a jumpseater. Seems a bit forward I would say. We don't really allow that unless it is the FAA.

 

[Dieterly]

dogg,
Isn't that one of the arguments for jumpseaters in the cockpit (extra set of ears, extra set of eyes)? Personally, I go to sleep, but if someone wants to plug in, I'm all for it.

We don't really allow that unless it is the FAA.

 

[EAP]

I really don't know who the "you" is that will occasionally mess up an audio panel for the headphones in the jumpseat, but it does happen every onece in a while and then occasionally the mess up is missed by others. The FAA will always "listen in" when doing a route check. The potential exists because there are adjustments. Personally, I've only found one panel set incorrectly but I fixed it during the setup flow and channel 9 never transmitted anything but COM 1. To err is humean though, eh?