A professional pilot can probably speak to the importance of listening in to other communications as a part of maintaining situational awareness. The issue of

A professional pilot can probably speak to the importance of listening in to other communications as a part of maintaining situational awareness. The issue of interference has also been raised with respect to the Tenerife crash, where it apparently thwarted a last-chance effort to avert the disaster. For a discussion of the issues, see here: https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/36074/is-there-a-solution-to-radio-interference https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/36074/is-there-...