A319 first officer reported of stations not answering in range ACARS and/or radio calls.

Attributes
ACN	1524596
Time
Date	201802
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

I have some concern with a trend of stations not answering in range ACARS and/or radio calls. This happened yesterday. I think this is a safety issue as well as an operational and customer service issue. Stations should always have someone to answer the in range ACARS along with manning the radio. I talked with the station and was told that the person who answers the ACARS wasn't on duty yet.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A319 First Officer reported of stations not answering in range ACARS and/or radio calls.

Narrative: I have some concern with a trend of stations not answering in range ACARS and/or radio calls. This happened yesterday. I think this is a safety issue as well as an operational and customer service issue. Stations should always have someone to answer the in range ACARS along with manning the radio. I talked with the station and was told that the person who answers the ACARS wasn't on duty yet.

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