Originally Posted by
Wolfie
I remember the transition from AW->US. Fortunately, there wasn't any transition from Cactus to US. I wonder how the East guys and controllers thought of that, having to refer to them as something else.
Funny you should say that. I was following a US flight the day they cutover to "Cactus". The controller was having a hard time, calling them "USAir" a couple times and then correcting himself.
"I'm sorry," he said, "I'm having a little trouble with your new callsign."
"That's OK," the US Captain said, "We don't care what you call us as long as we get what we want."
That is a true story.