A320
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Total 930.80; Flight Crew Type 930.80
Communication Breakdown; Distraction
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Airspace Structure; Procedure; Human Factors
Flying ILS PRM 10C to ORD. Unlike at other airports; ORD uses the 'Monitor' frequency as the Tower frequency for another runway; meaning in order to monitor; I am now actively listening to 2 separate Tower controllers conduct business. This causes an inability to effectively listen to either frequency; the tendency becomes to turn off the monitor frequency and focus on your assigned Tower frequency. This is of course against PRM procedures.
Air carrier First Officer reported ORD procedure dictates the second COM is used for as a monitor frequency and for normal Tower operations which causes distraction.