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Air carrier medium large transport captain complains that some of his company flight crew members and some controllers are using an abbreviated company call sign that can be easily confused with a similar air carrier call sign.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 181087 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199106 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : zzz tower : zzz tower : bur |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff cruise other ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 9100 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 181087 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
Some company pilots and some ATC controllers use abbreviated company identification in their radio calls when they should be saying full call sign. Shortening the call sign has the potential for confusing our company with similar company and other call signs. I recommend a notice to pilots and controllers about the potential problems with using abbreviated vs full call sign.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR MLG CAPT COMPLAINS THAT SOME OF HIS COMPANY FLT CREW MEMBERS AND SOME CTLRS ARE USING AN ABBREVIATED COMPANY CALL SIGN THAT CAN BE EASILY CONFUSED WITH A SIMILAR ACR CALL SIGN.
Narrative: SOME COMPANY PLTS AND SOME ATC CTLRS USE ABBREVIATED COMPANY ID IN THEIR RADIO CALLS WHEN THEY SHOULD BE SAYING FULL CALL SIGN. SHORTENING THE CALL SIGN HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR CONFUSING OUR COMPANY WITH SIMILAR COMPANY AND OTHER CALL SIGNS. I RECOMMEND A NOTICE TO PLTS AND CTLRS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL PROBS WITH USING ABBREVIATED VS FULL CALL SIGN.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.