Currently If a pilot changes from say ground to tower then back to ground, the controllers ground comm log is cleared out.
It would be nice if whenever a pilot switched frequencies then returned that the logs persist.
Here’s what’s behind this request…
A pilot on ground asks for pushback at a busy airport with a ground hold in effect. The ground controller tells him to hold position, and he does, but switches to ATIS to review instructions. When he returns to ground, the ground controllers log is cleared, so the ground controller has lost the fact that the aircraft has already been told to hold position. Similar issues occur when a pilot switches from tower to ground and back to tower, and between tower and approach.
I completely agree with you @GHamsz, but even after reading the updated description, I still found it confusing. I believe this stems back to the title. When you say
Title: “Pilots log should persist through freq changes”
Pilots log makes me think of the Pilots Logbook which is talked about in my feature request
I recommend changing the title to better reflect your suggestion.
I’m done tweaking this post… the people that will benefit from it, understand what I’m asking for. If you don’t understand, then it doesn’t apply to you.
Voted.
Definitely a very useful feature as it can be annoying for both pilot and atc. If I control ground and I’m making a few people wait for pushback I have to admit I can’t remember always exactly who asked for what. (Obviously only when it’s busy…)
With this feature the only thing to do is click on the plane to see who asked for what. Definitely a good feature.
(There’s also the situation when an aircraft is cleared for pushback but pushes back a lot later…)