With modern tech being what it is, why do the captain/crew on new airplanes still sound like they’re eating the microphone?
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Generally they’re doing the PA not though their pilot headset but a hand held microphone / phone that was certified in the 70s and never changed. The thing probably costs $5,000-$2500 and there is no market to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars getting a better one FAA approved.
Oh by the way the avionics (flight instruments/screens) in airline cockpit are 20-50 years old as well, for the most part. A person owning a Cessna 172 (4 seat propeller plane) can install a much better system for $30,000.
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