Bye Bye Candler, Hello Acey!

[HoserASA]

If I remember right it was back in 99, and it was due to an Air National Guard unit having the same/similar callsign. Apparently they had had it far longer than we did. That's what I heard anyway, someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Don't recall all the details. There was a conflict out west somewhere where one of the planes took the instruction for the other, or something like that. At the time, the ANG had an Acey call sign, as did ASA. The ANG cried louder and got to keep the call sign.

Then management came up with that stupid Chandler call sign. It was for the late Mr Chandler, who owned the land where Hartsfield is, used to be an auto racetrack, and was one of the original parties of Coke, if not the original one. He may have owned the secret formula for Coke too, not too sure.

Hoser

On a controller's flight progress strip. ASA was shown as ASE. so perhaps that's where it came from. Glad to have it back. Surprised we didn't have to give up something in our contract for it though .

 

[Nindiri]

Candler's first name was Asa.

http://ngeorgia.com/feature/airmail.html

 

[79%N1]

Huh....What, you mean our call sign wasn't 'candle air' all this time??? Ooops.