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A330 captain laments that not only does his company create many similar flight numbers; but other carriers in this instance had flight numbers ending in the same two digits causing confusion.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 860344 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200911 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | PHL.Airport |
| State Reference | PA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A330 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Our flight; was in a group of transatlantic flights all with similar sounding call signs. Inattention to correcting similar flight numbers regardless of airline. In addition to changing within airline; flight numbers that are so close as to be confusing; the same care should be applied to similar flight numbers across airlines.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A330 Captain laments that not only does his company create many similar flight numbers; but other carriers in this instance had flight numbers ending in the same two digits causing confusion.
Narrative: Our flight; was in a group of transatlantic flights all with similar sounding call signs. Inattention to correcting similar flight numbers regardless of airline. In addition to changing within airline; flight numbers that are so close as to be confusing; the same care should be applied to similar flight numbers across airlines.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.