Originally Posted by
jacob_m
I agree, during taxing, take-off, approach and landing it's interesting, but I wouldn't spend a full 8-12 hour transatlantic flight listening to channel 9.
The rest of the flight it's mostly about switching from one frequency to another, some minor changes in altitude etc.
Haven't flown UA trans-Pacific for close to a decade. Do they still report positions over the ocean? (If they do and you can hear it, and you have looked up the flight plan on FlightAware prior to departure, it would be better info than what's displayed [or even available for Y pax] on board.)