Airline/military callsigns?
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Airline/military callsigns?
Hi.
About two years back,after the awful incident in mombasa,a certain national airline (LY)began using what appeared to be military callsigns to operate its regular scheduled services under.I presume this was as a safety measure to provide anonymity in case terrorists were using a scanner to listen out to their flights.
an example would be "Kilo 43 whisky" or "mike 62 delta" instead of the usual airline's callsign and flight number.
I was under the impression that in terms of ICAO's regulations,an airline operating a commercial flight has to use either its Airline callsign and flight number,or its three letter airline code and flight number,or the acft registration.So,in this light,and under ICAO RULES,would an airline be allowed to operate a schEduled comercial flght using such callsigns?
Just interested to hear the answer in terms of what the law says and to find out what the real scope for varying the callsign is according to ICAO.
Thanks.
About two years back,after the awful incident in mombasa,a certain national airline (LY)began using what appeared to be military callsigns to operate its regular scheduled services under.I presume this was as a safety measure to provide anonymity in case terrorists were using a scanner to listen out to their flights.
an example would be "Kilo 43 whisky" or "mike 62 delta" instead of the usual airline's callsign and flight number.
I was under the impression that in terms of ICAO's regulations,an airline operating a commercial flight has to use either its Airline callsign and flight number,or its three letter airline code and flight number,or the acft registration.So,in this light,and under ICAO RULES,would an airline be allowed to operate a schEduled comercial flght using such callsigns?
Just interested to hear the answer in terms of what the law says and to find out what the real scope for varying the callsign is according to ICAO.
Thanks.
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ICAO is not a regulatory body
Of 18 annexes to the convention 16 are dealt with by the ICAO air navigation bureau whose function is to provide general direction to its own regional offices.
As a body the ICAO may only recommend and individual countries have their own air navigation orders.
To refer to rules and regulations of the ICAO is to give them an air of finality and authority that they do not have. I wish someone would point this out to the UK DfID and ASSI.
As a body the ICAO may only recommend and individual countries have their own air navigation orders.
To refer to rules and regulations of the ICAO is to give them an air of finality and authority that they do not have. I wish someone would point this out to the UK DfID and ASSI.
