Roger...

"Saaaaaan Fraaaaaaan tower, how ya doin American one tweeeeety three heavy just outside the bridge fer the left side and we have the guy on the right on the fishfinder"

True story.
 
Is that a bad thing if I've been saying "Any traffic in the area please advise," just to shine on the radio Nazis on? :D A purely hypothetical question of course.
 
I heard a guy picking up his IFR clearance and somehow thought that clicking his mic twice worked as a readback. After the second time an angry controller told him he needed to hear his readback.
 
mshunter said:
My pet pieve right there. "stanby" means there is no need to respond. It doesn't mean you need to say "N123XZ standing by."
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OH MAN YES. I would get ON my students about that... calling approach inbound on one of those days when it's a total zoo aloft. Approach comes back with "Uhhhh aircraft calling Longview approach inbound, standby". Student says "November Tree Fife Llama Unicorn, standing by". I say to the student "Standby means they're too busy to talk to you right now, so shut up!"
 
ghoster said:
ok, so what does "roger" mean?
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ROGER.I have received your last transmission. It should not be used to answer a question requiring a yes or a no answer. (See AFFIRMATIVE.) (See NEGATIVE.) - Pilot/Controller Glossary
 
I know a guy (who just took a slot at AE) did this:

"Cirrus 77E, can you maintain your own terrain and obstruction clearance through four thousand?"

"Cirrus 77E, roger."

"Sir, I need to know if you can maintain terrain and obstruction clearance through four thousand."

"Roger."

"Sir, 'roger,' is not a yes or no, can you maintain terrain and obstruction clearance?"

"Uh... yeah, we can."

"Thank you."

And of course he was IMC climbing to 4,000 to get his IFR clearance. I'm not flying Eagle anytime soon.
 
ghoster said:
ok, so what does "roger" mean?
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Like what Ajax said above, it just means "I heard you". It's short for 'R', which in the early radio days, was shorthand for 'Received'.
The original phonetic alphabet assigned the word 'Roger' to the letter R. Today's alphabet uses 'Romeo', which obviously wouldn't work, as far too many male pilots would think female controllers were coming on to them. It's a practicality thing.
 
Firebird2XC said:
Like what Ajax said above, it just means "I heard you". It's short for 'R', which in the early radio days, was shorthand for 'Received'.
The original phonetic alphabet assigned the word 'Roger' to the letter R. Today's alphabet uses 'Romeo', which obviously wouldn't work, as far too many male pilots would think female controllers were coming on to them. It's a practicality thing.
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I thought roger was a compliance word. Roger meant "I understand".
 
kiloalpha said:
I know a guy (who just took a slot at AE) did this:

"Cirrus 77E, can you maintain your own terrain and obstruction clearance through four thousand?"

"Cirrus 77E, roger."

"Sir, I need to know if you can maintain terrain and obstruction clearance through four thousand."

"Roger."

"Sir, 'roger,' is not a yes or no, can you maintain terrain and obstruction clearance?"

"Uh... yeah, we can."

"Thank you."

And of course he was IMC climbing to 4,000 to get his IFR clearance. I'm not flying Eagle anytime soon.
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It's hard talking to ATC with a mouth full of chew. ;)
 
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