CACTUS call sign
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B)exB717Flyer
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Oh boo hoo. They kept your name, didn't they?
LCC_#1
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Elevation
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Why would anyone care except for pilots and atc.
ChrisUS
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Yeah, stupid decision but goes along with the heritage idea. Its invisible THANK GOD to the public.
USA320Pilot
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I believe a good compromise between "U.S. Air" and "Cactus" call signs would be to use "U.S." The suggested call sign has a number of benefits such as:
- A new call sign for the new US Airways.
- The first and last two letters of the "U.S. Air" and "Cact U.S. call signs"
- Patriotism.
- Every piece of marketing literature, posters, and other ads have slogans such as, "Come fly with US", "Do business with US", "Vacation with US", "Charge with US", etc.
Finally, I believe the "U.S." call sign would be something different, it would not have either pilot group disappointed, and it would help assist the culture integration.
Regards,
USA320Pilot
- A new call sign for the new US Airways.
- The first and last two letters of the "U.S. Air" and "Cact U.S. call signs"
- Patriotism.
- Every piece of marketing literature, posters, and other ads have slogans such as, "Come fly with US", "Do business with US", "Vacation with US", "Charge with US", etc.
Finally, I believe the "U.S." call sign would be something different, it would not have either pilot group disappointed, and it would help assist the culture integration.
Regards,
USA320Pilot
PITbull
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LOL...
Yea, I can see your point, pilots from either group is what the airline and intergration is all about.
Let's make them happy, happy, happy... B)
I personally don't mind using "Cactus". I always thought that was a cool callsign. I would have liked to have seen USAir stay though. All the US majors on international routes use their company name: Delta, Contenintal, Northwest, American, United. Hearing Cactus over Europe will take some getting used to I guess. As someone pointed out earlier though, this will mostly be out of view of the public.
