[MilCom] scannists being hassled

[lrk]

On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 03:18:16AM -0500, Duane Mantick wrote:
>  
> So let me see - you can't sit in your vehicle OUTSIDE airport
> property (and not blocking or impeding traffic) along a public
> highway whilst scanning and spotting but you can do it from the
> airport's parking garage (which is a LOT closer to more aircraft
> and passengers, etc) ????

Since grey-haired men with cameras are now considered terrorists,
you just failed to do it right. If you got out of your car on the
parking garage and tried to take a picture, you would have seen the
collection of security people arriving on foot, bicycles and cars
as has happened at Dallas' Love Field. :)

Good thing you didn't have your 'nitro' pills with you in the terminal.

 
> OK - scanner tip time.  If you happen to be listening for an
> AirTran Airways flight and expect the radio call to be "AirTran 
> <flight number>" sorry; unlike other airlines who might say
> "United 477" or whatever the radio call for AirTran is "Citrus
> <flight number>".  Probably has something to do with them being 
> Florida-based but it tripped me up on Saturday.....didn't realize
> it until her plane flew right past my hiding spot and I saw the
> big "a" on the tail while hearing a series of departure instructions
> for "Citrus 393" which happened to match the plane overhead.  :-)

The various airlines have some name they use with air traffic control
which may not be obvious. "Citrus" doesn't sound like "american" or
"abex" or whatever AirTran might have been confused with. The Florida
plane which crashed into the Potomac around 1981 was using "Palm xxx"
which probably is no longer a popular choice.



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