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Air carrier captain reported the amount of similar sounding callsigns is a safety concern and a distraction.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1588333 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201810 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
There are several flights leaving ZZZ nightly that have similar sounding call signs. [They are] close enough where flights are taking someone else radio calls. ATC is also confusing them. The same controller runs clearance delivery; ground control; tower; and departure control. While rolling down the runway for takeoff; it's distracting to hear the tower giving a clearance to someone that's using a call sign that's very close to ours. Not only distracting; but [it is] a safety issue.callsigns that are similar sounding is not new; but I feel we really need to consider changing some of the ones that are close. To use the reasoning that 'this series of numbers are inbound to [certain cities] or outbound from [certain airports]' is not a good reason. It's also very easy to 'just listen closer' when we're sitting around a table reviewing a report or even flying during daylight hours. After being up all night; it's a possible dangerous pitfall that doesn't need to be there.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain reported the amount of similar sounding callsigns is a safety concern and a distraction.
Narrative: There are several flights leaving ZZZ nightly that have similar sounding call signs. [They are] close enough where flights are taking someone else radio calls. ATC is also confusing them. The same controller runs Clearance Delivery; Ground Control; Tower; and Departure Control. While rolling down the runway for takeoff; it's distracting to hear the Tower giving a clearance to someone that's using a call sign that's very close to ours. Not only distracting; but [it is] a safety issue.Callsigns that are similar sounding is not new; but I feel we really need to consider changing some of the ones that are close. To use the reasoning that 'this series of numbers are inbound to [certain cities] or outbound from [certain airports]' is not a good reason. It's also very easy to 'just listen closer' when we're sitting around a table reviewing a report or even flying during daylight hours. After being up all night; it's a possible dangerous pitfall that doesn't need to be there.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.