Originally Posted by
Gold77
But when operated by the same aircraft and same crew why go to the bother of changing call signs. Pilot doing NCL-LHR announces himself as Shuttle xx and an hour later doing LHR-AMS calls himself Speedbird xxx.
Why do they bother and why not rationalising this?
It's all part of the daily challenge of SH! And whoever gets shuttle/speedbird mixed up first has to buy the post flight refreshment...