"Michael Houghton" wrote in message
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OK. Then what is the basis for your assertion that the November is
not necessary? Would you care to back it up with a documentary basis,
or are we simply supposed to take your word for it?


You'd rarely go wrong by taking my word for anything, but I don't expect you
to do that.

See Title 47 CFR Section 2.303 for forms of identification which may be used
in lieu of call signs by the specified classes of stations. The station
identification for aircraft of US registry is the registration number
preceded by the type of the aircraft, or the radiotelephony designator of
the aircraft operating agency followed by the flight identification number.

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text....213.3&idno=47



Pragmaticly, the imperative statements in the AIM tend to be taken
as prescriptive. That gives it a degree of "force". To assert otherwise
is narrowly pedantic in an unproductive way.


The AIM itself says it is not regulatory. Are you saying the AIM is wrong
on that issue?

http://www.faa.gov/atpubs/AIM/Prefac...ol.html#Policy