cactus callsign driving controllers nuts

[Palomino]

life is hard.

city codes always give me fits. i mean...MCO = Orlando??? MCI = Kansas City??? SNA = Orange County??? etc, etc.

crazy stuff.

 

[cactusboy53]

Just returned from MMMX today. The fine folks in Mazatlan, Monterey & Mexico had no problem with "Cactoos". Is the call sign "Quitcherbitchin" still available??

 

[Be 23]

life is hard.

city codes always give me fits. i mean...MCO = Orlando??? MCI = Kansas City??? SNA = Orange County??? etc, etc.

crazy stuff.

Sometimes there's a reason: McCoy Army Airfield in Orlando.

Sometimes you gotta wonder: MCI - is KCI taken?

Generally speaking, though, airports without numbers in their identifiers are boring. So at least some things are constant.

 

[LearLove]

Gateway - Lindbergh

Shuttlecraft - Mercury

yes but neither have been around for 70ish years or have as many flights.

 

[PHXFLYR]

MCI stands for Mid-Continent International,the name of the airport when it first opened.

PHXFLYR

 

[Bringupthebird]

Why not change the strip to CTS or CAC or something? Sounds do-able.

Concerning MCI, how many airport's identifiers start with K or N?

 

[Bringupthebird]

yes but neither have been around for 70ish years or have as many flights.

I don't hear many controllers calling the USAir flights "Allegheny". They'll adapt - Charles Darwin promised.

(Though I doubt Dartwin would have ever predicted the direction the USAir pilots have gone)

 

[Russ]

SNA = Orange County???

Airport bordered one one side by the city of Santa Ana

 

[Palomino]

Airport bordered one one side by the city of Santa Ana

check my original post for sarcasm.

UsAir callsign has flown west. let it be Cactus from now on.

i'm confident that professionals who control high speed heavy machinery at lofty altitudes will somehow adjust to this recent change in air traffic terminology. same for our nation's top notch ATC workers.

at least i can decipher which airplane to follow with a UsAir paintjob now that they are all known as 'Cactus'.

btw: UsAir's newest paintscheme is my favorite domestic carrier livery. really looks sharp.

 

[CoolSidePillow]

Gateway - Lindbergh

Shuttlecraft - Mercury

Gateway - Lindbergh - Scab

Shuttlecraft - Mercury - Metrosexual Puke

 

[DrewBlows]

Why not change the strip to CTS or CAC or something? Sounds do-able.

Concerning MCI, how many airport's identifiers start with K or N?

Zero, hence EYW (Key West) and BNA (Nashville). Interesting read.

 

[flyer172r]

Shuttlecraft - Mercury

I still get called Shuttlecraft even though we've had Mercury for over a year now. Got called Shuttlecraft today as a matter of fact. Unless they change the flight plan identifier, we'll be hearing USAir on the radio for a long time.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

I think "Indian Giver" would be a more appropriate call sign for USAirways.

 

[scarlet]

we all like US Air better !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[CRJCptn]

EYW (Key West)

True, but when you give it the ICAO K it just looks right KEYW