ATC calls “heavy” non-heavy aircraft operators

Sim Update 15 Beta ATC, Traffic & NAVAIDs
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Any aircraft

Brief description of the issue:

I’m not normally using ATC but started to do so as the takeoffs are not counted in the logbook if I don’t request ground clearence. While I can hear the ATC talk to the other traffic i can sometimes hear the “heavy” call on operators like Ryanair, Southwest, Wizzair, etc.

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Are they possibly players? I always forget mine when I turn it on. Then when I am landing my Cessna 172 and hear them call me heavy it makes me chuckle.

And the game replaces a huge amount of planes with an a380 which is in fact a “heavy” so it might just be that.

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That’s possible. Anyway, it’s a bit funny thinking Ryanair to operate the a380 irl hahaha

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Can confirm, on Xbox X, no addons. I am usually flying the 787 and most of the traffic is currently Cessna 172 Skyhawk planes, at airline flight levels, while ATC addresses them as airliners, and quite a few with “heavy”.

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They’re probably players that have forgotten to uncheck “heavy” in their settings. The game doesn’t change your call stuff between aircraft unless you set it yourself. Like I said above, I’ve been flying around in a small plane being called heavy many times lol

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I can also confirm this issue - especially at LAX there are many flights (e.g. from FlexJet, so general aviation) which are called “heavy”. Other flights like Southwest are handled without “heavy” correctly.

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Noticed this once today.
I dont have multiplayer, so confirmed AI live traffic.