"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in
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How about a big yellow bumper sticker above the tail # of the airplane?

"CAUTION: STUDENT PILOT"


Seriously, though...

When I did my initial flight training, I was always taught to announce
"student pilot" on my initial callup and on hand offs any time I was solo.
ie: "Bumfigle Tower, Cessna 1234A, for Taxi with Uniform. Student Pilot".
In hindsight, part of the idea of putting it at the end was to specifically
attract attention to it as not being part of the normal callup.




Not IMHO a bad idea really. When I was training and flew to controlled
airspace for XC flights it was suggested that I mention I was a student
and they did seem to slow things down a little.

I can see how a uniform way of doing this might be helpful both in
controlled and uncontrolled airspace. Example, "Bumfigle Tower, Cessna
Student 1234A, ...."

From AVWeb

Britain's Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) is recommending that
student pilots on solo flights be identified by a radio call-sign prefix
so air traffic controllers can take into account their limited
experience and knowledge. The recommendation came from the investigation
of a crash on July 19, 2006, that killed a 16-year-old student who had
logged 15 hours and was on his second solo flight. Just before he
touched down at Southend Airport, a controller ordered him to turn left
and climb to pattern height so an overtaking Piper Meridian could land.
It's believed he did not reconfigure the aircraft and apply enough power
for the unorthodox go-around and the Cessna he was flying stalled and
crashed a short time later. The four-person investigation team concluded
pilot Sam Cross was put "in a situation for which his training and
experience had not prepared him" after being "instructed to carry out an
unfamiliar and nonstandard manoeuvre," the AAIB report said. Adding to
the mix was the fact that Cross was returning to the field after just
eight minutes in the air because haze was reducing visibility. His
instructor was watching from the ground as the order to deviate from the
runway heading was complied with and he noted the nose-up attitude of
the Cessna before it stalled and spiralled into a park. Investigators
determined the flaps were at 20 degrees, the carb heat was on and the
engine was turning at 900 rpm at the time of the crash. Cross was the
youngest pilot ever to be killed in a plane crash in Britain.