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Who the deuce does the call sign "Dot Com" belong to?
10-26-2011 | 10:18 PM
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From: Devil's Advocate
Originally Posted by Post from FlightAware.com's message board
"...flight departments choosing to utilize the "Dot Com" callsign furnished by fltplan.com to ensure anonymity."
10-27-2011 | 06:26 AM
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Buck's correct. Fltplan.com, for a fee (not sure how much), will assign the "dot com" call sign with random numbers to a corporate flight so that the flight will remain anonymous. It's direct result of the bill (or what ever it was) that was passed forcing all private (read: corporate) flights to be trackable using online site like flightaware.com. Kinda bad if you don't want the competition to follow you.
10-27-2011 | 07:12 AM
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The "Dotcom" callsign is the direct result of the Obama Administration stupidly ending the BARR program "to increase transparency" even though it didn't cost them a penny to administer, but operators still not wanting the movements of their aircraft any more traceable by Joe Schmo than those of their automobiles.
11-02-2011 | 07:51 PM
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Buck's correct. Fltplan.com, for a fee (not sure how much), will assign the "dot com" call sign with random numbers to a corporate flight so that the flight will remain anonymous. It's direct result of the bill (or what ever it was) that was passed forcing all private (read: corporate) flights to be trackable using online site like flightaware.com. Kinda bad if you don't want the competition to follow you.
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