2007-02-21 02:03:57 · 7 answers · asked by Cathy J 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
'Roger' is the old-style phonetic alphabet (now pronounced 'Romeo') for the letter R which was radio shorthand (especially in Morse code) for 'message received and understood'.
How many times in the last couple of days has this question been asked? Holy Hannah!
2007-02-21 03:15:11 · answer #1 · answered by Bob G 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
We dont use "Roger" anymore. We havent used that in Australia for a long long long time. Long before my time as a pilot.
These days there are 2 conditions when talking to Air traffic control. One that requires you to readback the instructions given to you. For example anything to do with runways transponders altitude etc.
An example of readback is
ATC: "Foxtrot Tang Uniform Hold short" or
ATC: " Foxtrot Tango uniform Recleared Runway 2 9 Right"
where the Reply must be
" Holding Short ,Foxtrot Tango Uniform" or
" Recleared 2 9 Right, Foxtrot Tango uniform"
The other is simply a reply with your callsign to acknowledge the ATC message.
eg. "Foxtrot Tango Uniform Contact Tower on 3 miles final" - The reply to this is simply "foxtrot Tango Uniform"
There are rules set down on what types of transmissions must have a "readback" and which are ok to respond with your call sign. These rules differ from country to country.
The use of "Roger" and "Wilco" only happen in Flying High movies!
If you think about it "Roger" and "Wilco" are ambigious. How can the ATC know for sure that you have received the correct information?
eg ATC. " Foxtrot Tango Uniform Squawk 1569"
If the reply is "roger" who has recieved the transmission and responded? What transponder code did they hear? was it 1569 or did they hear/write down something else?
Ambigious....and this leads to accidents.
2007-02-21 17:59:57 · answer #2 · answered by split_ess 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Roger" simply means "I heard you"
It is used when pilots are told something that might be nice to know or something thay they might expect later on. Many pilot misuse it to mean "I will comply" but the only real acceptable way to say that is to read back your instructions.
Contrary to what people above have said, it is not not (Nor has it eve been) the phonetic for the letter "R" It also does not mean "I will comply" (though as I said many pilots misuse it in that sense)
2007-02-21 14:55:32 · answer #3 · answered by Jason 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i have seen this question SEVERAL times on Yahoo! Answers. the answer is that they say "Roger" as an acknowledgement of last instruction.
For Example: if ATC was to tell a Boeing 747 to hold position due to departing traffic, rather than saying "hold position" back to ATC a pilot might answer "roger" as way of acknowledging that he should stop on the taxiway
2007-02-21 22:20:36 · answer #4 · answered by mcdonaldcj 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Earlier there used to be a couple of days break before this question is repeated. Now its twice a day!
2007-02-21 10:56:05 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Please ignore the person abouth the word roger means understood it can also mean will do!
Tom
2007-02-21 10:23:31 · answer #6 · answered by thomaswheeler1991 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its a word thats used in radio communication. it means bye bye. in radio communication they have a word for all the alphabets in english language. ALPHA stands for A while Afairmative means understood. they use these words as codes to communicate with control room.
2007-02-21 10:19:12 · answer #7 · answered by big l 1 · 0⤊ 5⤋