Bye Bye Candler, Hello Acey!

[NoPlaneNoGain]

The word on the street is that the "Candler" call-sign will be history March 15, and we will go back to the "Acey" call-sign. Just finished a checkride and an IP also confirmed this. Good riddenance, I've never liked the "Candler" call-sign.

 

[Vladimir Lenin]

i know where candler comes from (family) but what's with acey?

 

[PGTB]

Atlantic South East Airlines "ASEA"

 

[Ganja60Heavy]

Finally! Now we can sound as cool as we look.

I'm gonna go splurge on some new Ray-Bans so I can be oh-so-Acey kewl!

I was gonna quit March 1st since they treat us like schit, are taking away our bennies, screwing us on the contract, closing SLC, cutting our pay, BUT...

now I have reason to stick around.

Now all I need is to make it into the "Four-One-Oh Club".............

 

[Hovernut]

Can't count the # of times Candler/Comair has tongue-tied controllers in ATL and CVG. If you're changed to 'acey,' that'll certainly take a load off them! At least there's no ACA (unfortunately) to get confused with when/if the change occurrs.

 

[BenderGonzales]

I always wondered why they changed it from ASEA to Candler anyway.

When did that happen? Around 96? 97?

 

[letthebigdogeat]

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.

 

["GO AROUND"]

Got to one up the big dog cause he says so much. LOL. They decommissioned the unit that was the conflict a yr or so ago and we petittioned to get it back. Ya know how quickly the FAA works.

 

[BID]

I thought it came from, "Deal Me An ASEA" but that would only make sense at another company.

 

[j41driver]

... no ACA (unfortunately) to get confused with when

ACA was "Blueridge".

 

[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.