BravoHotel
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Does anyone know where to start to get a custom ATC call sign? Who to contact etc?
Custom call sign ?
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Hefner
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"Tower this is ghost-rider" always works for me in a crunch.
Just make up whatever the hell you want on initial contact, I heard some guys the other day calling themselves "Jetblue 2393" and thought it was pretty creative of them to add numbers to the end of their made up callsign.
Just make up whatever the hell you want on initial contact, I heard some guys the other day calling themselves "Jetblue 2393" and thought it was pretty creative of them to add numbers to the end of their made up callsign.
Brad Johnson
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I beleive that AC 120-26K spells out the procedure as well as the rules that apply.
http://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC 120-26K.pdf
http://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC 120-26K.pdf
BravoHotel
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I didn't know until now an AC existed for call signs! Thanks for the info!
It's so the FAA can include you in the ICAO 8585 document. - it has all the civil call signs for everyone in the world.
The military equivalent for all military call signs are in ACP 119 / JANAP 119.
Autothrust Blue
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Indeed.
PLEASE do not be a d-bag and make up your own call sign and prefix, incidentally.
Beep
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Niki Lauda?
Roger Roger
Bottom of the list
Autothrust Blue
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I'm not sure how long it took Slap Chop, I mean, "SNAPSHOT" to get approved at my former, as they finished all that before I was hired. I can't imagine it being an expeditious process.
Capt. Chaos
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We just went through the process, took about 6 months from application to issuance of "Island Express." By default data is withheld from 3rd party vendors, so as of now we don't show up on Flight Aware.
trafficinsight
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It only took a month or so if I remember correctly, I'm pretty sure we ended up talking to a guy who's long forgotten desk is in the coat closet all the way at the end of the hallway and to the left in the 5th subbasement at the FAA mothership. He was a nice guy though
Basically you choose five callsigns and five identifiers in order of your preference and submit those, once they get around to reviewing it they pick one of the five. Not necessarily the matching pair either. Which is how "FSP" ends up being "Snapshot"
Now every time I hear it I think "snapchat? They have a flight department?" at first.
PeanuckleCRJ
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Delta usually works for me, but if no response, Yourmomgarglesmyballs 1 heavy seems to work pretty dang well as an alternative.
trafficinsight
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I've had: Slapshot, Snapfish, Slapchop, Photoshop, Snapchat and for some reason I keep getting redstripe, ambitious but I think not (I think their identifier must be RSP).
It's okay though, we get them back by calling them "Albaturkey Center"
It's okay though, we get them back by calling them "Albaturkey Center"
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Welcome aboard the Washington State Ferries
"Fish and Game, er, correction..."I've had: Slapshot, Snapfish, Slapchop, Photoshop, Snapchat and for some reason I keep getting redstripe, ambitious but I think not (I think their identifier must be RSP).
It's okay though, we get them back by calling them "Albaturkey Center"
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Welcome aboard the Washington State Ferries
That's fairly impressive considering that you have to ask the FAA. I like it.It only took a month or so if I remember correctly, I'm pretty sure we ended up talking to a guy who's long forgotten desk is in the coat closet all the way at the end of the hallway and to the left in the 5th subbasement at the FAA mothership. He was a nice guy though
Basically you choose five callsigns and five identifiers in order of your preference and submit those, once they get around to reviewing it they pick one of the five. Not necessarily the matching pair either. Which is how "FSP" ends up being "Snapshot"