Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - Change schedule airport codes from IATA to ICAO?

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | Airline Operations | Change schedule airport codes from IATA to ICAO?

DVA7196
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Seattle, WA USA

472 legs, 1,383.9 hours
30 legs, 55.7 hours online
469 legs, 1,368.8 hours ACARS
18 legs, 35.8 hours event

Posted onPost created on April 12 2011 14:26 ET by Tom Scholl

Would it be possible to change the DVA schedule (as well as ACARS tool) to use ICAO codes instead of IATA? I mean, we're all navigating and programming in FMS's...why are we using IATA for scheduling?

Tom Scholl

Captain, B767-300

DVA1008
Senior Captain, B757-200

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Kokomo, IN

633 legs, 1,731.3 hours
613 legs, 1,689.9 hours online
212 legs, 792.3 hours ACARS
35 legs, 77.7 hours event

Posted onPost created on April 12 2011 14:29 ET by Matt Young

Because RW Delta uses IATA, and we use their schedule...

Matt Young

Senior Captain, B757-200

DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
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Marietta, GA

2,317 legs, 9,330.6 hours
240 legs, 553.9 hours online
1,975 legs, 8,123.7 hours ACARS
75 legs, 196.3 hours event
2,353 legs, 9,465.5 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4 hours

Posted onPost created on April 12 2011 14:41 ET by Luke Kolin

You can change your user preferences to use ICAO codes, just check your pilot profile.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

Posted onPost created on April 12 2011 19:47 ET by Tom Scholl

Matt Young wrote:

Because RW Delta uses IATA, and we use their schedule...

Really? When pilots bid on flights or examine schedules internally does it really show airports in IATA codes?

Tom Scholl

Captain, B767-300

Posted onPost created on April 12 2011 19:49 ET by Matt Young

I was talking about the actual schedule that's available to the public. The server has a process set up to downloads Delta's exact schedule for the day. I've never actually seen an international bid sheet, but I would assume it's still IATA, since the domestic bid sheets I've seen were all IATA.

Matt Young

Senior Captain, B757-200

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Southeastern United States

452 legs, 908.6 hours
415 legs, 843.4 hours online
451 legs, 907.6 hours ACARS
25 legs, 53.3 hours event

Posted onPost created on April 12 2011 22:49 ET by Jose Hernandez

I seen on paper work both IATA and ICAO codes for pilots and FA's for delta while doing ron flights, or while reading acars when they divert they use say well MLB or DAB is open. That was awhile back when I was working ramp. I would use DLterm to read acar msgs from dispatch and pilots.

Jose Hernandez

Captain, B757-200

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