"Dixie" or "Delta"

Well, ATL actuall DOES have a taxiiway labeled "Dixie" on the chart. A lot of other places, it's a Delta-ism. When we first started flying into CVG en masse, my FO got yelled at for saying "Delta" when not referring to a call sign. We were told "We say DIXIE here!" I keyed the mic and said "Sorry. Our chart says "D," and I must have been saying it wrong for 10 years."
 
JayAre said:
So why the call sign "Dixie" sometimes?
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Do you mean using "Dixie" instead of "Delta" for a taxiway? Or an actual callsign for a flight?

There was an airline back in the 90s out of Columbia SC who wanted to use "Dixie" as a callsign , but the FAA shot them down. Wasn't PC.

As far as the D taxiway in KATL, legend has it that it was originally "Delta," but the Eastern pilots refused to actually say that, instead using "Dixie." It just stuck.
 
Cptnchia said:
Do you mean using "Dixie" instead of "Delta" for a taxiway? Or an actual callsign for a flight?

There was an airline back in the 90s out of Columbia SC who wanted to use "Dixie" as a callsign , but the FAA shot them down. Wasn't PC.

As far as the D taxiway in KATL, legend has it that it was originally "Delta," but the Eastern pilots refused to actually say that, instead using "Dixie." It just stuck.
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I believe that was "Air South."
 
I kept hearing some of the Citrus crews calling out "dixie" in BWI the other day. I guess it is just habit?
 
kellwolf said:
I know ours has "dixie" labeled in ATL, but it didn't in CVG. Wouldn't be the first time LIDOs are wrong.....
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Well it's not written down as "Delta". It really kept things straight when Delta was doing a lot of flying out of there. Everything was "Delta this" and "Delta that".
 
King Air Wun Fower Sugar Pop, off on Dixie, Parkin' at Signature...
 
I first time I flew into ATL, to pick a guy up in his Seneca, this threw me off. I knew the controller meant Delta, but I thought they were just playing around. Luckily I read back Dixie! :)
 
Well I've only heard it used in Salt Lake when taxing to the "Dixie" gates, or sometimes "Dixie" will use it in there call sign when taxing to the "Delta" gates.
 
Most of the Delta fortress hubs use "Dixie". Also, in ATL at the B concourse, we use "baker" instead of "bravo". Dixie is obvious but as far as baker, I have no clue.
 
Baker

JoelT said:
Most of the Delta fortress hubs use "Dixie". Also, in ATL at the B concourse, we use "baker" instead of "bravo". Dixie is obvious but as far as baker, I have no clue.
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Part of the old phonetic alphabet.

Able
Baker
Charlie
Dog
Easy
Fox
George
How
Item
Jig
King
Love
Mike
Nan
Oboe
Peter
Queen
Roger
Sugar
Tare
Uncle
Victor
William
X-ray
Yoke
Zebra
 
From the Pilot/Controller Glossary:

4-2-7. Phonetic Alphabet ​
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) phonetic alphabet is used by FAA personnel when communications conditions are such that the information cannot be readily received without their use. ATC facilities may also request pilots to use phonetic letter equivalents when aircraft with similar sounding identifications are receiving communications on the same frequency. Pilots should use the phonetic alphabet when identifying their aircraft during initial contact with air traffic control facilities. Additionally, use the phonetic equivalents for single letters and to spell out groups of letters or difficult words during adverse communications conditions. (See TBL 4-2-2.)
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I believe your answer is bolded right thurrrr
 
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