Flight Control Greeting

[evanevery]

In 2.2, all we had to identify us uniquely was our commander name. So the devs apparently used the equipment type (ship mfr) and the first three phonetics of your CMDR name to welcome you by Flight Control. I fly a Python (Made by Falcon DeLacy) most of the time, and my CMDR Name is "LedMagnet", so Flight Control hails and welcomes me as "Delacy Lima Echo Delta"...

As a pilot in RL, I expect this was modeled after the standard ATC method of addressing private aircraft. We also use Equipment Type (airplane mfr), but then the LAST three digits of the aircraft registration/ID. I.E. When I fly my Cirrus SR22 (Tail Number "N719ED") in RL, I get hailed as "Cirrus Niner Echo Delta". I expect this was kinda what the devs were working for - but we only had a CMDR name to work with (pre 2.3). However, now we actually DO have a Registration ID (and also a Ship Name) in 2.3...

Since we now DO have registration ID's available to us, could we please get FC to hail us by Ship Mfr and the last three phonetic digits of our Registration ID? (Instead of first three phonetic digits of our CMDR Name)...

Please do this quickly as I have been spending much more time in ED than flying in RL and I'm fearing I will miss a REAL ATC call unless they hail me as "DeLacy Lima Echo Delta"!

 

[lysan]

In 2.2, all we had to identify us uniquely was our commander name. So the devs apparently used the equipment type (ship mfr) and the first three phonetics of your CMDR name to welcome you by Flight Control. I fly a Python (Made by Falcon DeLacy) most of the time, and my CMDR Name is "LedMagnet", so Flight Control hails and welcomes me as "Delacy Lima Echo Delta"...

As a pilot in RL, I expect this was modeled after the standard ATC method of addressing private aircraft. We also use Equipment Type (airplane mfr), but then the LAST three digits of the aircraft registration/ID. I.E. When I fly my Cirrus SR22 (Tail Number "N719ED") in RL, I get hailed as "Cirrus Niner Echo Delta". I expect this was kinda what the devs were working for - but we only had a CMDR name to work with (pre 2.3). However, now we actually DO have a Registration ID (and also a Ship Name) in 2.3...

Since we now DO have registration ID's available to us, could we please get FC to hail us by Ship Mfr and the last three phonetic digits of our Registration ID? (Instead of first three phonetic digits of our CMDR Name)...

Please do this quickly as I have been spending much more time in ED than flying in RL and I'm fearing I will miss a REAL ATC call unless they hail me as "DeLacy Lima Echo Delta"!

Cheers fellow Pilot reporting in

You got some lucky Tail numbers commander! N7 (Mass Effect) 9 (seven of nine) ED (Elite Dangerous)

and yes I agree with your post.

 

[techstar68]

oh, another RL pilot here! o7!

I still am way out somewhere between coriolis and the bubble heading in and have not checked the new ATC.
you are right, that would be a better way for spelling the callsigns.
in austria - where i live - we are using a different wording. our small diamond katana has the callsing OE-AAI and ATC is most of the time calling us O-AI. but i would accept your kind of wording also.

cheers from austria (and always three greens...)

andreas

 

[evanevery]

Cheers fellow Pilot reporting in

You got some lucky Tail numbers commander! N7 (Mass Effect) 9 (seven of nine) ED (Elite Dangerous)

and yes I agree with your post.

Well, *WE* all know where the "N" comes from! ...and you can wish me happy birthday on July 19. Just say "Happy Birthday ED". So that should spell it all out... (My anniversary with my Wifes and My first initials was taken...) In the U.S. we can request our own tail numbers or just let the factory assign them...

...I'ld be quite pleased if they did this. But I'll even add one more wrinkle... What if the first letter of all the ships callsigns were required to show the country of origin for the player (like we do with aircraft). It would be kind of cool to know the origin of the guy you were targeting (or getting hammered by)... Anyway, I'll take what I can get...

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