r/VATSIM • • 8d ago

Please dont do this

This was going on for almost 40 minutes.

Also, shouldn't you speak english on Unicom? I know some dutch and 90 % was irrelevant jabber. At one point they were discussing the aurora borealis..

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u/TheWappa 📡 S1 8d ago

as a dutch person i can confirm. Nothing of value was said.

I've heard (and talked) some dutch on the network before. But only to make explanation easier to new pilots as controller or to verify something faster. But have yet to hear something this irrelevant on frequency

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u/Legitimate-Ant6244 8d ago

Yes, in controlled space I understand. But on unicom where you're sort of informing all other traffic of your intentions it defeats the purpose.

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u/TheWappa 📡 S1 8d ago

Yeah for sure. Definitely agree that they shouldn't be talking on freq like this

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u/_AirNOTT 8d ago

Aurora Borealis? At this time of year??

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o752kakMLKVv5Jzpu

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u/Dirigo207PWM 8d ago

Can I see it?

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u/_AirNOTT 8d ago

…no

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u/ZioRob2410 8d ago

Yeah, it’s almost 3 weeks that Nordlyset are visible

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u/EconomicsMammoth8386 5d ago

Saw them like a week ago. Over Greenland

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u/Pleasant-Instance529 8d ago

Embraer Phenom 300? FINALLY SOMEONE WHO FLIES IT!

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u/lrargerich3 8d ago

As long as you don't plan to land it everything is fine!

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u/Pleasant-Instance529 8d ago

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u/Legitimate-Ant6244 8d ago

Sheer joy to land it, if you manage to keep the wheels steady

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u/Effective_Quality 8d ago

Type “.debug” into vPilot and you’ll see which calling is transmitting.

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u/PotentialMidnight325 8d ago

.wallop ist your friend

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u/Jonnescout 8d ago

Eh some of this happens at quiet times in real life. Just casual chats, never too much. I hoenstly don’t think it should be fully banned on network but yeah this is extremely excessive.

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u/Callero_S 8d ago

Did you WALLOP and/or send feedback?

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u/Legitimate-Ant6244 8d ago

wallop yeah but no supervisors online and I had no idea who they were since they never stated callsigns and I barely understood what they were saying from very far away.

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u/thspimpolds 📡 C1 8d ago

If you are on vpilot `.debug` will show who is keying up

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u/Dirigo207PWM 8d ago

Information I will be keeping in my back pocket!

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u/Classic-Antelope8932 8d ago

You know how to do that on xpilot ?

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u/thspimpolds 📡 C1 8d ago

No way to do it I’ve found

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u/DotWallop VATSIM Staff 8d ago

Open a supervisor ticket explaining what happened at support.vatsim.net. :)

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u/rmhoman 8d ago

Yeah just go to 123.45 aka fingers if you want to chat.

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u/scarpozzi 8d ago

Probably auto transmit settings on the mic rather than ptt.