Summary
A plane passenger shared an experience of listening to pilots' cockpit conversations during a Delta flight. The conversations included personal discussions and occasional curse words. This is unusual today, though it was more common in the past on some flights.
Key Facts
- A passenger on a Delta Airlines flight from Denver listened to pilot conversations for two and a half hours.
- The passenger heard pilots talk about their personal lives, previous flight experiences, and use curse words.
- The audio was accessible by tuning into an in-flight entertainment channel.
- Such access to cockpit communications used to be common before in-flight entertainment systems became more advanced.
- Air traffic control uses standard phrases for clarity and safety, but informal comments can sometimes be heard between transmissions.
- This type of cockpit audio access is rare today but was more prevalent decades ago.
