Roger...
Birddog,
You stole my thunder with your last post - I'm reading what everyone has said and thinking "There's got to be someone who knows "Roger" from Chicago Center!"
We do indeed need more like him. Here's something funny I heard about a month ago:
(roger at Chicago Center): "Skywayex xxxx, welcome aboard, oshkosh altimer xx.xx"
"Midex xxx, good morning..."
etc etc... - anyway, just about everyone he talked to asked him a question, how his kids were, etc etc...
Anyways, after every pilot who checked on had a small conversation with Roger, a Mesaba pilot out of nowhere says "Hey, Chicago, do you know _everyone_ up here?"
Roger says "Well, almost."
Mesaba says "That's pretty cool!"
Put a smile on the Captain's face, mine too
Take care,
-Brew3