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B737-700 pilot reported their company has similar sounding call signs scheduled in the same airspace simultaneously; causing confusion.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1652406 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201906 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZID.ARTCC |
| State Reference | IN |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 417 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Company tuned to ind center. We had a similar call sign; aircraft on the same frequency; all simultaneously. Similar call signs like this on regularly scheduled; on time flights should never be in the same airspace simultaneously. Similar call signs contribute to likelihood of a pilot accepting another flight's frequency change or clearance resulting in a possible pilot deviation or even worse; a mid-air collision.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-700 pilot reported their company has similar sounding call signs scheduled in the same airspace simultaneously; causing confusion.
Narrative: Company tuned to IND Center. We had a similar call sign; aircraft on the same frequency; all simultaneously. Similar call signs like this on regularly scheduled; on time flights should never be in the same airspace simultaneously. Similar call signs contribute to likelihood of a pilot accepting another flight's frequency change or clearance resulting in a possible pilot deviation or even worse; a mid-air collision.
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.