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Old Jul 7, 2014 | 4:22 am
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BApilotinsider
 
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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...
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