2007-01-09 11:31:05 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
Pilots say "roger" to mean "I have received all of your last transmission". It should never be used to answer a question requiring a "yes" or "no" answer.
2007-01-09 11:44:23 · answer #1 · answered by wjtherman 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Roger indicates "received". Why they started saying roger instead of received is probably because, even if garbled, the operator giving instruction would know that their message was received. Also is the term "wilco" which stands for "will comply". Interesting question, I'm 54 and don't the origin, maybe there is an even older fart out there that does.
2007-01-09 23:57:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will make it simple for you
ROGER is yes in army
The pilots use it
2007-01-11 02:21:15 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Roger also means "copy", "heard you" on the radio in the military and civilian aviation. This usage comes from the letter "R" of "received" which in the old phonetic alphabet was called "roger" (now called Romeo) in radio alphabets (such as the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet). It is commonly proceeded with the word "that" to form the common aviation phrase "Roger That". It is also often shortened in writing to "rgr".
It in fact does not mean "I will comply" as many think, that distinction goes to the phrase "wilco" which is formed from the phrase "will comply".
2007-01-09 20:35:38 · answer #4 · answered by TimTim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pilots say 'roger' to indicate that they have adknowledge & positively understood a particular instruction or command and they will excute that instruction or command.
This term is also use in the military; enforcement agencies...
2007-01-10 03:30:08 · answer #5 · answered by danhan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometime I say "Roger" just to get an extra half second to sort out in my mind what I'm suppose to readback to ATC, especially when given Runway-in-use, QNH, taxy instructions and holding positions all at one go!
2007-01-10 11:09:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Roger, roger. What's our vector, Victor?
2007-01-09 19:38:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Roger Doger you dirty old codger.
Well, AIM specifies it.
2007-01-09 22:12:28 · answer #8 · answered by luosechi 駱士基 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To say that they acknowledged or heard what the traffic controller said.
2007-01-09 22:31:19 · answer #9 · answered by Leon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means yes
or understood
2007-01-11 16:44:30 · answer #10 · answered by thomaswheeler1991 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋