I posted this over in the "Dangerous Discussion" forum but someone said this was a better place to suggest this (cross-posted):
In 2.2, all we had to identify us uniquely was our commander name. So apparently Flight Control used the equipment type (ship mfr) and the first three phonetics of your CMDR name to welcome/hail you. 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 we 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"!
In 2.2, all we had to identify us uniquely was our commander name. So apparently Flight Control used the equipment type (ship mfr) and the first three phonetics of your CMDR name to welcome/hail you. 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 we 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"!