diff --git a/app/components/live-atc/cockpit/CommLogRail.vue b/app/components/live-atc/cockpit/CommLogRail.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..200a098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/components/live-atc/cockpit/CommLogRail.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import type { ReadbackFieldDetail } from '~/composables/useRadioBackend'
+
+withDefaults(defineProps<{
+  log: readonly any[]
+  /** Per-field STT readback breakdown for the last pilot call; empty hides the block. */
+  readbackReport: readonly ReadbackFieldDetail[]
+  readbackTranscript: string
+  limit?: number
+  dense?: boolean
+}>(), {
+  limit: 30,
+  dense: true,
+})
+
+const emit = defineEmits<{ (e: 'clear'): void }>()
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <div class="rail">
+    <!-- STT readback check: what was recognised vs missing in the last call. -->
+    <div v-if="readbackReport.length" class="pm-readback-check">
+      <div class="pm-readback-head">
+        <v-icon size="15">mdi-magnify-scan</v-icon>
+        <span>Readback check</span>
+      </div>
+      <p v-if="readbackTranscript" class="pm-readback-heard">heard: “{{ readbackTranscript }}”</p>
+      <div
+          v-for="r in readbackReport"
+          :key="r.field"
+          class="pm-readback-row"
+          :class="r.matched ? 'is-ok' : 'is-missing'"
+      >
+        <v-icon size="13">{{ r.matched ? 'mdi-check-circle' : 'mdi-close-circle' }}</v-icon>
+        <span class="pm-readback-text">
+          <span class="pm-readback-field">{{ r.field }}</span>
+          = <span class="pm-readback-expected">{{ r.expected || '—' }}</span>
+          <template v-if="r.matched"> → “{{ r.matched_via }}”</template>
+          <template v-else>
+            → not recognised<span v-if="r.accepted_forms.length" class="pm-readback-forms">
+              (say: {{ r.accepted_forms.join(' / ') }})</span>
+          </template>
+        </span>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <CommLog :entries="log" :limit="limit" :dense="dense" @clear="emit('clear')" />
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<style scoped>
+.pm-readback-check {
+  margin-bottom: 10px;
+  padding: 10px 12px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-radius: 12px;
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--text) 4%, transparent);
+  font-size: 11.5px;
+}
+.pm-readback-head {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 6px;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  letter-spacing: .12em;
+  font-size: 10px;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--text) 55%, transparent);
+  margin-bottom: 6px;
+}
+.pm-readback-heard {
+  font-family: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, monospace;
+  color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--text) 50%, transparent);
+  margin-bottom: 6px;
+  font-size: 11px;
+}
+.pm-readback-row {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: flex-start;
+  gap: 6px;
+  font-family: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, monospace;
+  line-height: 1.5;
+}
+.pm-readback-row.is-ok { color: #6ee7a8; }
+.pm-readback-row.is-missing { color: #fca5a5; }
+.pm-readback-field { color: var(--t2); }
+.pm-readback-expected { color: var(--text); font-weight: 600; }
+.pm-readback-forms { color: var(--t4); }
+</style>
diff --git a/app/components/live-atc/cockpit/LastTransmissionCard.vue b/app/components/live-atc/cockpit/LastTransmissionCard.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48f1590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/components/live-atc/cockpit/LastTransmissionCard.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+defineProps<{
+  /** The transcribed (or typed) text of the pilot's last transmission. */
+  text: string
+  faulty: boolean
+  faultNote: string
+}>()
+
+const emit = defineEmits<{
+  (e: 'flag-issue'): void
+  (e: 'clear'): void
+}>()
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <section class="ltx" :class="{ 'is-faulty': faulty }" aria-label="Last transmission">
+    <header class="ltx__head">
+      <v-icon size="14" class="ltx__icon">mdi-microphone-outline</v-icon>
+      <span class="ltx__title">Last transmission</span>
+      <span v-if="faulty" class="ltx__badge">Faulty</span>
+
+      <div class="ltx__actions">
+        <!-- One entry point instead of the old four-button row: the issue dialog
+             itself carries "Remove flag", so a dedicated reset button was dead weight. -->
+        <v-tooltip :text="faulty ? 'Edit issue' : 'Mark as faulty'" location="top">
+          <template #activator="{ props: tip }">
+            <button
+                v-bind="tip"
+                type="button"
+                class="ltx__btn ltx__btn--flag"
+                :aria-label="faulty ? 'Edit issue' : 'Mark as faulty'"
+                @click="emit('flag-issue')"
+            >
+              <v-icon size="16">mdi-alert-circle-outline</v-icon>
+            </button>
+          </template>
+        </v-tooltip>
+        <v-tooltip text="Dismiss" location="top">
+          <template #activator="{ props: tip }">
+            <button
+                v-bind="tip"
+                type="button"
+                class="ltx__btn"
+                aria-label="Dismiss last transmission"
+                @click="emit('clear')"
+            >
+              <v-icon size="16">mdi-close</v-icon>
+            </button>
+          </template>
+        </v-tooltip>
+      </div>
+    </header>
+
+    <p class="ltx__text">{{ text }}</p>
+
+    <p v-if="faulty" class="ltx__note">
+      {{ faultNote || 'Marked as faulty.' }}
+    </p>
+  </section>
+</template>
+
+<style scoped>
+.ltx {
+  border-radius: 18px;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(34, 211, 238, 0.24);
+  background: rgba(34, 211, 238, 0.07);
+  padding: 12px 14px 14px;
+}
+
+.ltx.is-faulty {
+  border-color: rgba(248, 113, 113, 0.32);
+  background: rgba(248, 113, 113, 0.08);
+}
+
+.ltx__head {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 8px;
+  margin-bottom: 8px;
+}
+
+.ltx__icon,
+.ltx__title {
+  color: #67e8f9;
+}
+
+.ltx.is-faulty .ltx__icon,
+.ltx.is-faulty .ltx__title {
+  color: #fca5a5;
+}
+
+.ltx__title {
+  font-size: 9.5px;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  letter-spacing: 0.24em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+
+.ltx__badge {
+  font-size: 9px;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  letter-spacing: 0.14em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  color: #2b0606;
+  background: #f87171;
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  padding: 2px 7px;
+}
+
+.ltx__actions {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 4px;
+  margin-left: auto;
+}
+
+.ltx__btn {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  width: 28px;
+  height: 28px;
+  border-radius: 9px;
+  border: 1px solid transparent;
+  color: var(--t3);
+  background: transparent;
+  transition: color 120ms ease, background 120ms ease, border-color 120ms ease;
+}
+
+.ltx__btn:hover {
+  color: var(--text);
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--text) 8%, transparent);
+}
+
+.ltx__btn--flag {
+  color: #fbbf24;
+}
+
+.ltx__btn--flag:hover {
+  color: #fcd34d;
+  border-color: rgba(251, 191, 36, 0.4);
+  background: rgba(251, 191, 36, 0.12);
+}
+
+.ltx.is-faulty .ltx__btn--flag {
+  color: #fca5a5;
+}
+
+.ltx.is-faulty .ltx__btn--flag:hover {
+  color: #fecaca;
+  border-color: rgba(248, 113, 113, 0.45);
+  background: rgba(248, 113, 113, 0.14);
+}
+
+.ltx__text {
+  font-family: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, monospace;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  line-height: 1.5;
+  white-space: pre-line;
+  color: var(--text);
+}
+
+.ltx__note {
+  margin-top: 10px;
+  padding: 7px 10px;
+  border-radius: 10px;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(248, 113, 113, 0.28);
+  background: rgba(248, 113, 113, 0.1);
+  font-size: 12px;
+  color: #fecaca;
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/app/components/live-atc/cockpit/TextInputPanel.vue b/app/components/live-atc/cockpit/TextInputPanel.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aff00db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/components/live-atc/cockpit/TextInputPanel.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+defineProps<{
+  activeFrequency: string
+  /** The phrase the backend expects next; offered as a one-tap fill. */
+  expectedPhrase: string
+}>()
+
+const emit = defineEmits<{ (e: 'send'): void }>()
+
+const pilotInput = defineModel<string>({ required: true })
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <section class="txt" aria-label="Text transmission">
+    <header class="txt__head">
+      <span class="txt__title">Text input</span>
+      <span class="txt__freq">{{ activeFrequency || '---.---' }}</span>
+    </header>
+
+    <v-text-field
+        v-model="pilotInput"
+        label="Pilot transmission"
+        variant="outlined"
+        color="cyan"
+        density="comfortable"
+        hide-details
+        append-inner-icon="mdi-send"
+        @keyup.enter="emit('send')"
+        @click:append-inner="emit('send')"
+    />
+
+    <div v-if="expectedPhrase" class="txt__suggest">
+      <span class="txt__suggest-label">Suggested phrase</span>
+      <button type="button" class="txt__suggest-chip" @click="pilotInput = expectedPhrase">
+        {{ expectedPhrase }}
+      </button>
+    </div>
+  </section>
+</template>
+
+<style scoped>
+.txt {
+  border-radius: 18px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  background:
+    linear-gradient(165deg,
+      color-mix(in srgb, var(--bg2) 90%, transparent),
+      color-mix(in srgb, var(--bg) 96%, transparent));
+  box-shadow:
+    inset 0 1px 0 color-mix(in srgb, var(--text) 6%, transparent),
+    0 20px 44px -28px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);
+  padding: 14px;
+}
+
+.txt__head {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  margin-bottom: 12px;
+}
+
+.txt__title {
+  font-size: 10px;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  letter-spacing: 0.24em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  color: var(--t4);
+}
+
+.txt__freq {
+  font-family: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, monospace;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+  color: #67e8f9;
+}
+
+.txt__suggest {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  gap: 8px;
+  margin-top: 12px;
+}
+
+.txt__suggest-label {
+  font-size: 9.5px;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  letter-spacing: 0.24em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  color: var(--t4);
+}
+
+.txt__suggest-chip {
+  font-family: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, monospace;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  color: #67e8f9;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(34, 211, 238, 0.35);
+  background: rgba(34, 211, 238, 0.08);
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  padding: 4px 12px;
+  text-align: left;
+  transition: background 130ms ease, border-color 130ms ease;
+}
+
+.txt__suggest-chip:hover {
+  background: rgba(34, 211, 238, 0.16);
+  border-color: rgba(34, 211, 238, 0.5);
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/app/pages/live-atc.vue b/app/pages/live-atc.vue
index 80b7475..07dbf9c 100644
--- a/app/pages/live-atc.vue
+++ b/app/pages/live-atc.vue
@@ -305,39 +305,12 @@
 
             <!-- Manual text input (text mode) -->
             <div v-show="activeTab === 'funk' && inputMode === 'text'" class="pm-block">
-              <v-card class="bg-white/5 border border-white/10">
-                <v-card-text class="space-y-3">
-                  <div class="flex items-center justify-between">
-                    <h3 class="text-lg font-semibold">Text Input</h3>
-                    <v-chip size="small" color="cyan" variant="outlined" class="font-mono">{{ frequencies.active || '---' }}</v-chip>
-                  </div>
-                  <v-text-field
-                      v-model="pilotInput"
-                      label="Pilot Transmission (Text)"
-                      variant="outlined"
-                      color="cyan"
-                      hide-details
-                      @keyup.enter="sendPilotText"
-                      append-inner-icon="mdi-send"
-                      @click:append-inner="sendPilotText"
-                  />
-
-                  <div v-if="backendExpectedPhrase" class="space-y-1">
-                    <p class="text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.25em] text-white/40">Suggested phrase</p>
-                    <div class="flex flex-wrap gap-2">
-                      <v-chip
-                          size="small"
-                          color="cyan"
-                          variant="outlined"
-                          class="cursor-pointer text-xs font-mono"
-                          @click="pilotInput = backendExpectedPhrase"
-                      >
-                        {{ backendExpectedPhrase }}
-                      </v-chip>
-                    </div>
-                  </div>
-                </v-card-text>
-              </v-card>
+              <TextInputPanel
+                  v-model="pilotInput"
+                  :active-frequency="frequencies.active"
+                  :expected-phrase="backendExpectedPhrase"
+                  @send="sendPilotText"
+              />
             </div>
 
             <!-- Last Transmission (funk) -->
@@ -346,92 +319,13 @@
                 v-if="lastTransmission"
                 class="pm-block"
             >
-              <v-card
-                  :class="[
-                    'border backdrop-blur',
-                    lastTransmissionFaulty
-                      ? 'bg-red-500/10 border-red-400/30'
-                      : 'bg-cyan-500/10 border-cyan-400/20'
-                  ]"
-              >
-                <v-card-text class="space-y-3">
-                  <div class="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-2">
-                    <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
-                      <v-icon
-                          icon="mdi-microphone-outline"
-                          size="16"
-                          :class="lastTransmissionFaulty ? 'text-red-300' : 'text-cyan-300'"
-                      />
-                      <span
-                          class="text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.3em]"
-                          :class="lastTransmissionFaulty ? 'text-red-300' : 'text-cyan-300'"
-                      >
-                        Last transmission
-                      </span>
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-1">
-                      <v-chip
-                          v-if="lastTransmissionFaulty"
-                          size="x-small"
-                          color="red"
-                          variant="flat"
-                      >
-                        Faulty
-                      </v-chip>
-                      <v-btn
-                          variant="text"
-                          size="small"
-                          :color="lastTransmissionFaulty ? 'red' : 'amber'"
-                          class="text-[0.65rem] uppercase tracking-[0.3em]"
-                          @click="startTransmissionIssueFlow"
-                      >
-                        <template #prepend>
-                          <v-icon size="16">mdi-alert-circle-outline</v-icon>
-                        </template>
-                        {{ lastTransmissionFaulty ? 'Edit issue' : 'Mark as faulty' }}
-                      </v-btn>
-                      <v-btn
-                          v-if="lastTransmissionFaulty"
-                          variant="text"
-                          size="small"
-                          color="cyan"
-                          class="text-[0.65rem] uppercase tracking-[0.3em]"
-                          @click="resetLastTransmissionFault"
-                      >
-                        <template #prepend>
-                          <v-icon size="16">mdi-restore</v-icon>
-                        </template>
-                        Reset
-                      </v-btn>
-                      <v-btn
-                          variant="text"
-                          size="small"
-                          color="cyan"
-                          class="text-[0.65rem] uppercase tracking-[0.3em]"
-                          @click="clearLastTransmission"
-                      >
-                        <template #prepend>
-                          <v-icon size="16">mdi-close</v-icon>
-                        </template>
-                        Delete
-                      </v-btn>
-                    </div>
-                  </div>
-                  <p class="text-sm text-white font-mono whitespace-pre-line">{{ lastTransmission }}</p>
-                  <div
-                      v-if="lastTransmissionFaulty"
-                      class="space-y-2 rounded-xl border border-red-400/30 bg-red-500/10 px-3 py-2"
-                  >
-                    <p class="text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.25em] text-red-200/80">Issue description</p>
-                    <p v-if="lastTransmissionFaultNote" class="text-sm text-red-100">
-                      {{ lastTransmissionFaultNote }}
-                    </p>
-                    <p v-else class="text-xs text-red-200/70">
-                      Marked as faulty.
-                    </p>
-                  </div>
-                </v-card-text>
-              </v-card>
+              <LastTransmissionCard
+                  :text="lastTransmission"
+                  :faulty="lastTransmissionFaulty"
+                  :fault-note="lastTransmissionFaultNote"
+                  @flag-issue="startTransmissionIssueFlow"
+                  @clear="clearLastTransmission"
+              />
             </div>
 
             <!-- =============== LOG TAB (mobile only) =============== -->
@@ -444,32 +338,12 @@
 
         <!-- Desktop log rail -->
         <aside class="pm-lograil">
-          <!-- STT readback check: what was recognised vs missing in the last call. -->
-          <div v-if="lastReadbackReport.length" class="pm-readback-check">
-            <div class="pm-readback-head">
-              <v-icon size="15">mdi-magnify-scan</v-icon>
-              <span>Readback check</span>
-            </div>
-            <p v-if="lastReadbackTranscript" class="pm-readback-heard">heard: “{{ lastReadbackTranscript }}”</p>
-            <div
-                v-for="r in lastReadbackReport"
-                :key="r.field"
-                class="pm-readback-row"
-                :class="r.matched ? 'is-ok' : 'is-missing'"
-            >
-              <v-icon size="13">{{ r.matched ? 'mdi-check-circle' : 'mdi-close-circle' }}</v-icon>
-              <span class="pm-readback-text">
-                <span class="pm-readback-field">{{ r.field }}</span>
-                = <span class="pm-readback-expected">{{ r.expected || '—' }}</span>
-                <template v-if="r.matched"> → “{{ r.matched_via }}”</template>
-                <template v-else>
-                  → not recognised<span v-if="r.accepted_forms.length" class="pm-readback-forms">
-                    (say: {{ r.accepted_forms.join(' / ') }})</span>
-                </template>
-              </span>
-            </div>
-          </div>
-          <CommLog :entries="log" :limit="30" dense @clear="clearLog" />
+          <CommLogRail
+              :log="log"
+              :readback-report="lastReadbackReport"
+              :readback-transcript="lastReadbackTranscript"
+              @clear="clearLog"
+          />
         </aside>
       </div>
 
@@ -608,6 +482,9 @@ import { useFrequencyPresets } from '~/composables/useFrequencyPresets'
 import RadioPanel from '~/components/live-atc/cockpit/RadioPanel.vue'
 import ExpectedCommStrip from '~/components/live-atc/cockpit/ExpectedCommStrip.vue'
 import PttPad from '~/components/live-atc/cockpit/PttPad.vue'
+import TextInputPanel from '~/components/live-atc/cockpit/TextInputPanel.vue'
+import LastTransmissionCard from '~/components/live-atc/cockpit/LastTransmissionCard.vue'
+import CommLogRail from '~/components/live-atc/cockpit/CommLogRail.vue'
 import { useAtisPlayback } from '~/composables/useAtisPlayback'
 import { usePttRecording } from '~/composables/usePttRecording'
 import { useBugReport } from '~/composables/useBugReport'
@@ -750,7 +627,6 @@ const {
   transmissionIssueNote,
   setLastTransmission,
   clearLastTransmission,
-  resetLastTransmissionFault,
   startTransmissionIssueFlow,
   confirmTransmissionIssue,
   removeTransmissionIssue,
@@ -1564,44 +1440,6 @@ onUnmounted(() => {
   display: none;
 }
 
-.pm-readback-check {
-  margin-bottom: 10px;
-  padding: 10px 12px;
-  border: 1px solid var(--border);
-  border-radius: 12px;
-  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--text) 4%, transparent);
-  font-size: 11.5px;
-}
-.pm-readback-head {
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  gap: 6px;
-  text-transform: uppercase;
-  letter-spacing: .12em;
-  font-size: 10px;
-  font-weight: 600;
-  color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--text) 55%, transparent);
-  margin-bottom: 6px;
-}
-.pm-readback-heard {
-  font-family: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, monospace;
-  color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--text) 50%, transparent);
-  margin-bottom: 6px;
-  font-size: 11px;
-}
-.pm-readback-row {
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: flex-start;
-  gap: 6px;
-  font-family: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, monospace;
-  line-height: 1.5;
-}
-.pm-readback-row.is-ok { color: #6ee7a8; }
-.pm-readback-row.is-missing { color: #fca5a5; }
-.pm-readback-field { color: var(--t2); }
-.pm-readback-expected { color: var(--text); font-weight: 600; }
-.pm-readback-forms { color: var(--t4); }
-
 /* Setup screens sit above the shared radar backdrop. */
 .pm-setup {
   position: relative;