Cactus Call Sign

[Travels2mch]

Hmm..something more palatable than "Cactus"??....and going within the acceptable FCC context? = "Armpit" comes immediately to mind...perhaps simply FUBAR would be more fitting

BOHICA

 

[Cactus737]

Great thread! Lots of creativity.

Apparently, this callsign decision was made by the late Jeff McClelland, AWA COO. He felt that keeping the US Airways name was important for marketing reasons, but he didn't want US Airways pilots to think that they were still working for the same company. Apparently, he had some insight into their incredible sense of entitlement and warped sense of reality.

Regardless of that fact, and even though I'm a "West" guy, I am open to a new call sign.

 

[Dont call me Shirley]

. Apparently, he had some insight into their incredible sense of entitlement and warped sense of reality.

From what I've read and heard about Jeff McClelland, he was a great person who was very good at his job and his death was a great loss to the company.

Now, many people think that Tempe has the true warped sense of reality.

I actually voted for "Cactus" when starting this thread, thinking it would be a nice way to preserve the HP heritage. Now, the call sign doesn't matter to me. Fixing the operation, in all its tattered areas, is what does matter.

 

[flybynite]

How about SNAFU?

 

[SegmentKing]

if you follow tempe's trend, they'll announce the new callsign, only to change it 2 weeks later when they realize its not working

 

[exB717Flyer]

When TWA had to change the callsign to American it was quite a challenge. They distributed a million post-it notes so we could put reminders all over the cockpit. The funny part is when I screwed it up I didn't say "TWA" but reverted to my previous callsign "Chautauqua". One never forgets one's first callsign.

 

[Snafu]

How about SNAFU?

Taken!!

 

[Pi brat]

Taken!!

How about CHEAP? Anyone think of that one? "CHEAP 711, taxi to the ramp."

 

[LCC_#1]

What about just "Airways"?

Oh my God, A blast from the past!! Where the hell have you been?

 

[HPearlyretiree]

Cactus is good.

Look, you kept USAirways name, something significant from America West should be kept.

When I think of US, I think of bitter whiners.

At least Cactus harkens back to a time when AWA had the fighting spirit, and flying was fun.

Besides, the Cactus is a plant of great beauty, resilience and the ability to survive and thrive in a harsh environment.

 

[USCREW]

Cactus is good.


Besides, the Cactus is a plant of great beauty, resilience and the ability to survive and thrive in a harsh environment.

It's not that beautiful.

 

[US1YFARE]

Cactus is good.

something significant from America West should be kept.

the loser management team was kept...NEXT

 

[EMBFA]

Whats's the difference between the Sandcastle and a cactus?

On a cactus the pricks are on the outside.

 

[cageyjames]

All this talk about call signs only causes folks to lose focus on the real problems with the company.

Livery, call signs, DOH, US West profitability, etc distracts from the simple fact this product is unusable. Keep the discussion on Shares, working conditions, service and management failings (the call sign does not prove to me anything about Tempe good or bad). Parker continues to run the company and people here discuss the color the outside of the airplanes. Keep fighting the good fight folks, but there are more important things than the call sign to us customers.

 

[flybynite]

Whats's the difference between the Sandcastle and a cactus?

On a cactus the pricks are on the outside.