Originally Posted by
glasspilot
When us TWA guys had to start using the American call sign AA printed up thousand of "sticky notes" ! They were piled from floor to ceiling in ops.
On the top it stated: Use AA Call Sign! In the middle: "AMERICAN" Just below:
"_____________" where you'd write the flight number.
I grabbed enough of them that it lasted me till I retired in May 2007!
I thought I read one of those Urban Legends somewhere with an exchange between Center and an AA flight.
"American XXX, turn left heading 240."
(nada)
"American XXX, turn left heading 240."
(silence)
"American XXX, Center?"
(still nothing)
"American XXX, would it help if I called you TWA?"