Synchronous Communication
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The chapter delves that sometimes on some of the major airlines, they make available an additional channel known as cockpit channel. Through this, one can listen to the actual conversation over the radio between the pilots and the traffic controllers. At first, all sound like a continuous sequence of seemingly random numbers and unrecognizable acronyms. But, continuously listening further, the sounds become familiarized with some of the terms used in aviation. Simultaneously, it starts to make sense. There is a precise protocol that is followed by both pilots and controllers. The selected radio frequencies are used as the media. There is a whole language that must be learned and practiced to ...
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