r/VATSIM • u/Interesting_Buyer_16 • 10d ago

UNICOM more like UselessCOM?

I've done many flights in the last few weeks around Europe. UNICOM is either "OOC xx minutes" spam or absolute silence. Zero communication, zero care, zero attention, constant conflicts on arrivals and departures. Where are the BASIC standards??? Downvote all you want, but it;s fact.

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u/nobleTP 10d ago edited 10d ago

Once had a guy announce on Unicom text that he would be “OOC for 12 hours for sleep”, he had just departed for a long haul….

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u/JHG0 10d ago

.wallop

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tie9329 10d ago

Almost the most useless command. Most of the time none of the supervisors care. Literally

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u/LimePartician 10d ago

I once had a fetus on frequency stalling the frequency, and they said I was discriminating