No ATC sound from A400M when spawning ready to fly - state configuration file update required

ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:
When starting a Free Flight on the runway with A400M the communications radio is set to a volume of 0 and muted resulting in not being able to hear ATC.

While it’s possible to change the settings, this is not the normal default behavior for aircraft being spawned on the runway and ready to fly. I believe this could be fixed with an update to the ready state configuration file.

If applicable, which aircraft is experiencing this issue:
A400M

[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue?
Yes; none installed.

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?
Every time.

REPRODUCTION STEPS

Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:

  1. Select the A400M.
  2. Enter Free Flight.
  3. Select an Airport to fly from and leave the current runway selected.
  4. Start the flight and notice you can see ATC dialogue in the communications window but can’t hear it.

YOUR SETTINGS

If the issue still occurs with no mods and add-ons, please continue to report your issue. If not, please move this post to the User Support Hub.

What peripherals are you using, if relevant:
N/A

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?
Happens with developer mode on or off.

[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?
RTX 4070 Ti 8GB

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?
N/A

MEDIA

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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
• Yes

Provide extra information to complete the original description of the issue:
• Using the virtual cockpit audio panel to increase the volume doesn’t unmute the comms channel. ATC therefore can’t be heard, even though the captions are displayed.

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