When the Aircraft say UNITED Express or DELTA Connection.... I think what they do is Fine. The Mainline Boss's wanted their name on the planes NOT the actual company doing the flying so you get what YOUR boss's asked for. Quite Frankly if the controller said follow the Comair you might confuse it with an ASA flight.... etc etc....
Originally Posted by
KC10 FATboy
Speaking of callsign's, I wish the ground ATC controllers at LGA and DCA would stop referring to the connection carriers by the parent companies they are working for.
For example, "follow the Delta on your right" when its Comair. Or "follow the US Airways on you're right, you're number 25 for takeoff". Looking out the window, I have two taxiways with 4 US Airways jets (a mixture of mainline and commuters) sitting there waiting to takeoff. Frustrating!
Sorry for the rant ...
-Fatty