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"zero" versus "oscar" versus "sierra"
I fly an airplane whose last two digits in its identifier are "0P" (indicating that it's an OurPlane aircraft). Of course, OurPlane would have liked it to be "OP" instead, but the FAA won't allow "oscar" in aircraft identifiers, only "zero". It happens that there's another airplane at my airport with the exact same identifier identifier except that it ends in "SP". In the air it turns out that "zero poppa" and "sierra poppa" sound an awful lot alike (try it), which has occasionally led to confusion when both planes are in the pattern. (I've taken to saying a very exaggerated version of ZEEEEEE-ROW-OOOO when I'm flying.) Allowing "zero poppa" to be "oscar poppa" instead would alleviate this confusion. Does anyone know what it would take to try to make this case to the FAA to try to get them to change their minds? rg |
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