Amongst Brussels air traffic controllers there is a big discussion about this new callsign. We have Brussels city, Brussels VOR, Brussels Airport (and even Brussels South, thank you Ryanair!) and of course Brussels tower, approach, control, information, ...
We tend to use a lot of 'Brussels' in our transmissions these days...
Anyway, a lot of controllers over here are refusing to use the new callsign and simply say 'Delta-Alfa-Tango' because 'Brussels Airlines' is too long, and can cause confusion...
Some pilots are also abreviating their callsign (eg. Brusselair, Brussel***lines, ...) and others get angry when they keep being called by their 3-letter code iso 'Brussels Airlines', or even refuse to make their readbacks (untill you instruct them to enter the holding or carry out RTF procedures, that is...)
Now I heard some controllers in the UK and Rhein are using 'Delta-Alfa-Tango' as well. Could anyone confirm this?
Our guild has made a few reports and contacted Brussels Airlines OPS and asked them to change their callsign.
Let's hope we'll get something more usable in the next few days...