On 20 Oct 2005 06:44:01 -0700, "150flivver"
wrote:

we were making our way up the cost and Corpus
Christi calls with "30L, verify straight and level at 3000 feet."

Yep, without even thinking I keyed the mike and replied "30L Roger
Roger Roger"

Shouldn't it have been "affirmative, affirmative, affirmative, 30L" or
"Wilco, Wilco, Wilco, 30L"?

Well it definitely shouldn't have been "Wilco" since I wasn't telling
him I "Will comply" with anything!

Yes, my typical response would have been "Affirmative, 30L" or more
likely "Affirmative, 30L straight and level at 3000"

But I had been playing in Mexico for too long, and for some reason
they used "Roger" a lot. And they pronounced it more like "Royer",
except there was a slightly different sound than a Y in there. It
just wasn't a G like we would say it. So, when in Rome...

And when I got back, I just did it without thinking that one time.
"Royer, royer, royer" said with a very jovial voice. I'm sure the
Corpus Christi controller thought we had been smoking or drinking
something.

In fact, just before I departed his airspace he asked me where 30L was
based. He wanted to know specifically which airport. I told him, but
never asked why he wanted to know, and I wasn't met by anyone when I
got home. Who knows what that was for?


Bill Strahan
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