you must be pretty quick adjusting the VHF 1 selector knob,
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Not sure what all that was about - my reply to your comment about 3 VHF radios and not one working (hard to dispatch that way), or my reply to your comment about needing 3 VHF's to have ACARS (still only need 2).
Perhaps you're just not familiar with modern dual-head radios and how they're used in conjunction with audio selector panels and the data/voice switching capability of the VHF radios used with ACARS.
At any rate, your entire post made no sense to me. I'm still trying to figure out:
What
any VHF radio has to do with PA's,
Why one would need to be "quick with the selector know" when the next freq (if known) is pre-set in the 2nd window of the #1 and merely needs a flick of a switch to select (by whoever is the non-flying pilot that leg) or is not known in advance is dialed in just like always on the 2nd head of #1,
Why anyone would use the same radio for ATC, ATIS, company, etc with two or more installed (unless there's a failure enroute leaving only one VHF working - then you're just like the Cessna driver asking permission to leave the ATC freq if you don't have ACARS),
Etc.
As for write-ups on napkins and not in the logbook, I'll echo what others have said - where's your proof?
A napkin on the center pedistal (or yoke clip, etc)? I've been known to write a note to the following crew to give them a head's up than something's been written up and maintenance notified just in case they don't check the logbook first thing when they get on the plane. That way the next crew can ensure that the discrepancy has already been taken care of or prompt maintenance that they're still needed.
Frankly, I don't know that much about WN's day to day operations but at US we no longer automatically have a mechanic meet the airplane so just putting something on a napkin is no guarantee that maintenance will even see it. Plus there's the risk that there'll be a FAA inspector wandering around the airport doing ramp checks - the last thing I need is for one to find a writeup on a napkin but not in the logbook after I've left the airplane. Likewise with just calling a discrepancy in and putting it on a napkin but not in the logbook. How do I know that an FAA inspector isn't monitoring the freq and will mosey out to the airplane to check the logbook? It's just not worth the risk - I like getting a paycheck too much.
Jim
