There is an issue at work. It seems like the stupidest thing in the world. But it is actually an issue that someone wastes their time on.
When talking on the radio (specifically HF if that matters at all, which I know it doesn't) what is the response to:
Any traffic for me?
No traffic for you at this time
or
Negative traffic for you at this time
I've always said it the second way, and for years and it has never been an issue. In the ACP125 is has in the box beside NEGATIVE it says "No. "In any NATO standard document it says the same information.
I literally got the response "I'm the senior radop here and I make the decisions" for the explanation as to why it must be done. Then tried to say that NEGATIVE is a proword and that is why it isn't used. And in the same breath told me you can't say "correction" on an ARTY net.
I could even use the argument that with shitty comes "negative" is easier to understand than "no" as that short word could be scrambled or not sound as clear in some situations.
When talking on the radio (specifically HF if that matters at all, which I know it doesn't) what is the response to:
Any traffic for me?
No traffic for you at this time
or
Negative traffic for you at this time
I've always said it the second way, and for years and it has never been an issue. In the ACP125 is has in the box beside NEGATIVE it says "No. "In any NATO standard document it says the same information.
I literally got the response "I'm the senior radop here and I make the decisions" for the explanation as to why it must be done. Then tried to say that NEGATIVE is a proword and that is why it isn't used. And in the same breath told me you can't say "correction" on an ARTY net.
I could even use the argument that with shitty comes "negative" is easier to understand than "no" as that short word could be scrambled or not sound as clear in some situations.