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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 1:41 pm
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Originally Posted by tusphotog
How does this work? Do airlines share their flight numbers to prevent this? Or is it a "hope we don't overlap" type of thing?
Airline flight numbers get transmitted to the FAA, so I think it is a matter of the FAA bouncing them back when there is a conflict. I think the carrier using the number longest gets priority. Maybee OPNLGuyY or Bill Owen can weigh in.
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