Or "hats on!"

 

I wonder why they didn't go with "Brownstreak"? Very curious!







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That reminds me of a story we heard as new-hires: One day, at the end of the preflight checklist, the S/O called "Hats" and the F/O responded "On". They both put on their hats, and explain to the CA that it's a new policy that came down while he was on vacation. He had a short temper, and fumed that such stupidity was just what he would expect from Flight Ops. It was "Hats -- Off" at the end of the taxi checklist, and "Hats -- On" at the end of the after landing checklist. The CA, of course, did not comply and got even angrier. As they approached the jetway, the F/O asked the S/O: "Look, isn't that the same agent that wrote up last week's Captain for not wearing a hat?" The CA totally lost it, yanked open the sliding window, and screamed at the terrified agent: "I'm not wearing a **** hat for you or any other ****!"

Then he noticed the F/O and S/O rolling on the floor.

 

Their original callsign was "Browntail". That lasted about 2 weeks or so, then someone realized that had other implications, and it was changed to UPS. I wonder if the genius who came up with "Browntail" still has a job?

 

Actually there is a requirement to idenfiy the "colors" you are flying if they are different from your callsign. Not uncommon in the ACMI industry to fly an aircraft in one companies colors for another. For example, technically, when an ABX crew calls for clearance using an ABX callsign in an aircraft painted in DHL colors they should call as "ABXxxx in DHL colors". You need id yourself in this manner only once. It is supposed to eliminate the potential confusion/conflict of having, for example, a ground controller who doesn't know you are ABX calling you DHL because he can see the big yellow and red aircraft and you not realizing he is trying to call you becasue there is a DHL callsign, but it's not you.

 

Tom,
Great story..........I think I'll try that next week, perfect time now that the check"list"s are in transition

Ferd <-----------knows just the guy to pull it on too!!!

 

Kush, i got two for you that you'll find interesting.

Trans States is "Waterski". Their ATC identifier is LOF.

Trans States was originally Resort Air, an airline that the owner of the Lodge of the Four Seasons (LOF) in the Ozarks, MO started in order to attract more customers from St. Louis to come waterski (Waterski callsign) at the lake and stay at his resort (Resort Air).

 

Yeah, used to be "UPSCO"!? And Fedex was "Express", until around '94 when we became "FedEx".

 

That is one of the funniest stories I have heard in a long time!!! LMAO!

Thanks for sharing....