Originally Posted by
EMBFlyer
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?"
In the first couple of days after our switchover that would have been entirely possible!
Anybody who has gone through a change of call sign would tell you it's not as easy as you would think. I had used "TWA" for 14 years at the time of our switchover.