Originally Posted by
8 Cherry Garcia
Or anyone responding to a routine traffic callout from ATC by saying "we're Popeye!"-->dewalt
Well, I guess I'm a tool as I've used the term.
It's part of the "Brevity code". It essentially means flying in reduced visibility or in and out of clouds.
Thus suppose ATC calls out traffic and you have the aircraft in sight but you know you'll lose the aircraft momentarily when you re enter the clouds.
I would guess you didn't fly in the military...