Sounds like something a tower operator would say to the pilots. - Tom
I was thinking the same thing.
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Yep — it sure does.
Here is what they said the transcript was 3 weeks ago:
Exactly right. Why would the pilots say goodnight to themselves?
Actually that’s the proper call you would expect. You could put a comma after Good night. What the flight member is saying is “Good Night” and this is Malaysian three seven zero that is saying “Good night”. Otherwise the controller would have no definitive method in determining who is speaking to him if there were multiple flights on frequency. In Vietnam sometimes I would have upwards of ten or more flights of fighters on frequency and I really needed to be sure who I was speaking with.
Also, in Malaysian is "Good night" only for the end of conversation or is it like "buenos noches" in Spanish which can be used as a greeting after dark? Although pilots speak English on international flights, their native languages' idiosyncrasies can come out.
True - especially when being handed off to another controller. I heard transmissions from the deck such as “Hello Seattle this is United 3434” ...nothing unusual. I guess time will tell.
“Sounds like something a tower operator would say to the pilots. - Tom”
Sounds like Malaysia Air is signing off from Malaysia control while being vectored to new Vietnamese airspace controllers.