Originally Posted by
ImperialxRat
I've heard that a couple times too. ATC telling us to follow company ahead, when its Continental aircraft we're following.
I had a controller ask me coming in to ORF one night if we were going back out with a Comair or Freedom callsign. I had to laugh at that one. Another time in JFK, ground told a Delta mainline flight to follow an Embraer Regional jet, "Ok, we'll follow the Comair looking thing." I'm pretty sure we're not the same company. Oh well.