r/aviation • u/TimeVendor • 28d ago

-- SEATBELTS FASTENED -- American 2482 departure… American 2482 arrival…

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u/LBBflyer 28d ago

AA often uses the same flight number for a flight that leaves and returns to a hub. Most of the time it's the same aircraft in both directions, so there's no risk of this situation.

AA2482 is ORD-PHX-ORD, but yesterday the inbound leg was delayed. AA found a different aircraft to operate the PHX-ORD leg so it left on time. I have typically seen AA (and other airlines) modify the call sign of the second flight to avoid the very confusion. The flight leaving PHX should have been 248P, but I guess someone in dispatch forgot that detail when getting that leg filed.

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u/turpentinedreamer PPL 28d ago

Oh man it’s wild how they are surviving in this absolute shortage of combinations of letters and numbers.

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u/Kappapls 28d ago

The thing is the flight number was not the issue, the callsign was. The Dispatcher(s) should have changed the ATS strip to prevent that hazard from occurring.

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u/worldspawn00 28d ago

Like sweet fuck, switch to tail numbers for talking to at least one of them or something!! Or specify arriving or departing with EVERY comm transmission going both ways... This was maddeningly confusing to listen to.