ACY call sign at ASA

[rausda27]

Anyone know why we are going back to the ACEY call sign instead of Candler on March 15th?

 

["GO AROUND"]

Cause it was our original call sign, and the Candler call sign Sucks.

 

[atrdriver]

Because ACEY has some class, and CANDLER sucks, and sounds like about 3 or 4 others.

 

[SkyBoy1981]

It will be good to hear ACEY again.

 

[indianboy7]

it's gonna be interesting to see how long it takes atc to get pissed off at all the missed calls..........acey ###......acey ####, center........Candler ####...."go ahead"...hehe

 

[Headfake14]

I never liked Candler...I remember hearing "can opener", "chandaleer", "Canter", and my favorite, "the airline formely known as ACEY" when we first did the change over.

 

[Smacktard]

Anyone know why we are going back to the ACEY call sign instead of Candler on March 15th?

The SJS backpackin' crowd is gonna love this kewl call sign. I bet the number of resumes ASA gets over this is gonna sky rocket. Wow ACEY! Neat.

WHO THE HELL CARES?

Personally, I think Meat Bucket would be a better fit, or even Meat Wheel. I like those. Oh wait, kinda like a boat name, how about Rio-Tard?

 

[Flyin2low]

Was the miltary unit using the 'Acey" call sign just recently put out of commission?

 

[Wasted]

Was the miltary unit using the 'Acey" call sign just recently put out of commission?

Yes. I think it was a Navy A-6 squadron, VA-75 that used to use the Acey call sign. They've been gone for many years now.

 

[FixNFly]

The word is that the before mentioned Guard unit disband the FAA came to ASA and asked if they wanted the call sign back. ASA decided to put a "hold" on it.
Now that we fly to 4 different countries and every state in the union, there were a lot of RIF's (Reportable Incident Form) about missed calls and controller errors because of similar sounding callsigns.
That's when they decided to go back to ACEY. And its' a WHOLE lot better then candler! I'm so tired of getting called "candle-air" every time I go into MSP!