Air Canada Call Sign

ahramin · Post by **ahramin** » Fri May 28, 2004 8:23 pm

Has anyone else heard the callsign Air Canadas 1234? Is it just my imagination? Is this some old boy club thing or what?

And speaking of radio work, i was in the cockpit of a herc for a couple hours last week and man do those military guys like to say "at this time". It's like they never heard of the word "now". One co-pilot said it four times in thirty seconds. Not very efficient radio comms in my opinion.

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Fri May 28, 2004 8:31 pm

Yeh, it is funny how some people keep repeating the same things over and over.

I sometimes think that women hold me in high regard because they keep repeating " Oh God " over and over.

Cat

ahramin · Post by **ahramin** » Fri May 28, 2004 8:32 pm

Gee you are lucky Cat. Usually i get told "That's too big" and that's it.

co-joe · Post by **co-joe** » Fri May 28, 2004 10:38 pm

"...any conflicting traffic please advise..."

AAAAAAAAAAaaaaarrrrrGGGGHH!!!!

ahramin · Post by **ahramin** » Fri May 28, 2004 10:47 pm

I'll take that over a bunch of ums and ahs.

The other day i was getting vectored and the controller kept saying the heading twice. So i read it back twice. He stopped.

One day in invermere a King Air was coming in: "Any opposing traffic contact Stampede 314". Sounded like he was trying to start a fight.

scubasteve · Post by **scubasteve** » Fri May 28, 2004 11:37 pm

ahramin! what the heck were you doing in Invermere? Thats my town! Are you a local or a Cowtown weekender?

Panama Jack · Post by **Panama Jack** » Sat May 29, 2004 12:16 am

Ahhhh, for the love of call signs.

When one major regional (a contradiction) airline here in Canada went through it's 4 way merger and identy change, so did the callsigns. A contest went out to the employees for suggestions on a callsign-- I think the winner got to take home a T-shirt and a box of Tim Horton's donuts. "TRANSCAN" was the one that management liked best. Soon the "TRASHCAN" jokes started. Then ATC started complaining. So Management tried to respond, by providing a callsign that would help the fellows in dark rooms (ATC) associate the brand with the "ARN" identifyer on the little strips of paper they shuffle back and forth. "ARNIE" was to be the new callsign, preferably said in a tough bavarian sounding accent.

Now the pilots were unhappy. I understand that e-mails and phone messages from the width of the great nation flooded the Chief Pilot. Finally, in submission he published a memo. "ARNIE is dead," he proclaimed. "Please stop calling or e-mailing me!"

cedarjet · Post by **cedarjet** » Sat May 29, 2004 7:49 am

errrrr, air canada'Z 8129 finalZZZZZZZZZZZZZ 24L

MurtsAir · Post by **MurtsAir** » Sat May 29, 2004 10:51 am

I always like the "Zipper" call sign it makes me laugh everytime because my old boss would call us a bunch of zipper heads, or the Classic Speedbird for BA. It might have been on here or the YYZ site but i read that Zipper is going to be rollled back into the MapleFlot flag now that AC has a new deal with unions. Anyone else here this.

gelbisch · Post by **gelbisch** » Sat May 29, 2004 11:47 am

i'm a fan of: "any conflictions please advise..."

what the heck is a confliction?

Kurwa · Post by **Kurwa** » Sat May 29, 2004 12:20 pm

'any conflicts please advise' used to be one of my trademarks until I was shown the error of my ways. I whole idea of an airport position call is to avoid conflicts, so its redundant to say 'any conflicts...' because that's the reason you're making a call in the first place.

However, on second thought, perhaps 'any conflicts please advise' might indicate that you don't need to hear from the guy who's on the downwind six friggin' times since he's not anywhere near you and won't cause a conflict anyway!

...hmmm....any conflicts?

Panama Jack · Post by **Panama Jack** » Sat May 29, 2004 12:38 pm

Kurwa wrote:However, on second thought, perhaps 'any conflicts please advise' might indicate that you don't need to hear from the guy who's on the downwind six friggin' times since he's not anywhere near you and won't cause a conflict anyway!

This is my thought process. If I am 10 minutes out, I normally don't care to know about a guy who is on a 3 mile final.

ahramin · Post by **ahramin** » Sat May 29, 2004 7:10 pm

I usually say "conflicts it's alpha bravo on 23.2, 26.7, edson" or wherever. The main thing is to repeat the callsign and location, as it avoids a lot of pointless radio calls afterwards because someone fifty miles away on the same frequency didn't listen.

gelbisch · Post by **gelbisch** » Sat May 29, 2004 7:20 pm

ah uncontrolled airspace... gotta love it!

ahramin · Post by **ahramin** » Sat May 29, 2004 7:33 pm

Hehe. Yesterday on the radio i heard "Flight Service, uh, it's been a long time since i flew somewhere that didn't have a control tower. How do i get an IFR clearance? Do i need to start engines first?"

oldtimer · Post by **oldtimer** » Sat May 29, 2004 7:57 pm

What ever happened to "Donut 1" I used to hear that one all the time. A C550 belonging to the Tim Horton Company.

Pie Lot · Post by **Pie Lot** » Sun May 30, 2004 6:50 pm

Yup:

Gotta love that long spiel on the Manitoba side of the border. Nothing calms my nerves more than trying to sort out a legitimate conflict in Ontario where pilots seem to know how to communicate; then.....SQUEAL...."traffic on 126.7, this is (we all know the companies) 107...a bandit (or metro) currently 146 miles north of Winnipeg en route to God's Lake Narrows after just leaving Runway 12 in Island Lake, climbing to 17thousand feet, currently at 4,500 feet planning the Alpha Romeo seven, enroute to God's Lake Narrows where we will be landing runway 14, any conflicting traffic please advise (company name) 107 the Bandit on 126.7 or 122.8.....then repeat the whole thing again on the other frequency....every five minutes. In the meantime my traffic in Ontario and I have missed each other, only by the grace of God...as we can't get a word in edgewise. Yup.....gotta love it. Any conflicting opinions, please advise Pie Lot....in BF Nowhere, Ontario on 126.7 or AvCanada.

pingcat · Post by **pingcat** » Sun May 30, 2004 7:07 pm

To MurtsAir .... "yes", that seems to be the plan

Swerved · Post by **Swerved** » Sun May 30, 2004 8:31 pm

Pie Lot, you are too funny...

Swerved.

gelbisch · Post by **gelbisch** » Mon May 31, 2004 6:43 am

pie lot, you're sending chills down my spine... <<shudder>>. i hope i NEVER end up up there again.

xsbank · Post by **xsbank** » Mon May 31, 2004 8:36 am

My pet peeve is the nimrod who initiates his call with "Scumsucker Tower Cessna Charlie Golf Alpha Bravo Charlie", thereby broadcasting to everyone that he has never read his AIP...

Kurwa · Post by **Kurwa** » Mon May 31, 2004 12:06 pm

YES!!! I hate 'Charlie'! The radio ops course and the cars and the AIP all say use your 'FULL IDENT' on initial call up. This means the "IDENT' part starting with F or G, not the Nationality Mark which starts with C around here!

just curious · Post by **just curious** » Mon May 31, 2004 12:07 pm

Pie Lot wrote:Yup:

Any conflicting opinions, please advise Pie Lot....in BF Nowhere, Ontario on 126.7 or AvCanada.

Sorry I would have, but I couldn't get a word in edge-wise due to the green machines

co-joe · Post by **co-joe** » Mon May 31, 2004 12:22 pm

Next time I hear "...any conflicts..." I'm going to respond, This is Beech: Any Conflicting Traffic, 20 miles south inbound...

Well said Pie

ahramin · Post by **ahramin** » Mon May 31, 2004 3:16 pm

If any of you hear "Charlie Dash Golf Alpha Bravo Charlie" let me apologize now as it's one of ours.

Air Canada Call Sign

Air Canada Call Sign

conflicting please advise!!...arrgh

Re: conflicting please advise!!...arrgh