Stuck Mike

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:jPFcd.410304

Aside from the obvious lessons to be learned from this (like, always be
careful what you say, in case you're transmitting!), we just could NOT
believe the number of pilots who tried to call the guy with the stuck
mike!

Snicker. I've been one of those people before.

I overheard a pilot giving his co-pilot a narrated tour of the surrounding
area. Obviously a stuck mike.

I tried in vain to alert him to this. There were silences between
transmissions where I was not certain the mike was stuck so, during these
silences, I transmitted that he had a stuck mike. I thought perhaps he had
a voice activated mike or something.

I was on flight following at this time and had just a few hours of cross
country in my logbook so I felt uncomfortable without the extra eyes that
flight following afforded me. The pilot probably couldn't hear me but I
felt it was worth a try, anyway.

After about 5 minutes, he finally did stop transmitting just after I
transmitted to him. Maybe he heard me, maybe not.

--
Jim Fisher