Jetcraft callsign - end of an era

[nightmode]

Tonight/tomorrow morning ~4am will be the last time the Jetcraft callsign gets used !

Will no doubt get tongue twisted remembering the new one but you get that :\

Thanks to the Fosters and all the people over the years who made it all worthwhile :ok:

[heywatchthis]

Heard the new uniforms are gonna be interesting.... Can anyone say green :ooh:

[sthaussiepilot]

So Jetcrafts gone now?

If so herd it was happening a long time ago, but was talk of being bailed out...

Is that what happend? (I really have no clue with jetcraft :p)

[Lucky Six]

I believe it was taken over by Toll and it is a name change to Toll Aviation.

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Played "Spot the Metro" this morning as I flew over Dysart.

I thought he was "Coal Express", some new coalfields fly-in-fly-out contractor.

Took me a while to figure out he was "Toll Express"!

Dr :8

[777Monkey]

Toll express hmmmm......it had to happen at some stage.

Seen the uniform, it is a joke!!!!!!

On the other hand seems Toll is is doing quite well since taking over, picking up a number of paper runs off pel air.

[sthaussiepilot]

So Far the Pilots are hating the Callsign,


Direct Quote from a Pilot for them today: "Why Cant We Just say "Toll"?"

Already unhappy with it... ;)

[fixa24]

The ex JCC boys up here were having a hard time with the new callsign yesterday.. often ended up being jet..ah express..lol.

[carbon]

Whats wrong with "Toll Freight xxx" like the 737's use, "Toll Express xxx" is a fair mouth full. Heard the struggle from center and pilots alike.

[Worrals in the wilds]

"Toll Express xxx" is a fair mouth full


"Jetcra-correction-toll-express xxx" is an even bigger mouthful, that's the prevailing call sign around here at the moment :}

I don't blame the pilots for hating it, it seems very cumbersome.

Surely something like 'Toll-ex' would suffice if they need a different call from the jets...and why does it need to be different?

WIW

[Stationair8]

Why not just use the old aircraft registration, it works in the past!
All a bit of a wank really!

[RYAN TCAD]

Tool Express!

[Spodman]

I used to regularly confuse JETEX and JETCRAFT, but that was sadly mostly resolved. My first night shift last night and I learnt quickly to pause for two seconds for a short think before opening my mouth. Having 3 aircraft on freq earlier with callsigns ending in 53 helped keep me awake...

Talking about pining for rego callsigns, I remember fondly when you could read the callsign off the radar label without offending anybody, "Quaintarse ten, Melbourne centre."

"Centre, Quaintarse one zero, were you calling me?"

[nightmode]

New callsigns sure make you think before start speaking.. Sure confused the controllers a few times :}.

The new uniform - well, in my best Austin Powers voice "Grrrrreeeen it is - yeah baby yeah"... :eek: -- Not convinced on the tie though:oh:
I think its an incentive to improve efficiency - see if you know how it may do this.

So far the new management is doing pretty well as far as I see on the line, planes get fixed as they should, a bit more flying happening too.
Dont really get to hear much from the powers that be - but I guess that can be a good thing.

[HomeJames]

Meh,

For what they're paying a metro driver, I'd fly around in a birka!

[sthaussiepilot]

What is the paygrade for an average metro driver compared to propcraft? (well toll now)