Originally Posted by
scambo1
I'm a tool because I use popeye. I also say roger. The few times in my life I have said popeye, I've never had a controller not understand. They must understand tooldom.
You are now less clueless:
Brevity code - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia but you still may be tumbleweed.
From your Wikipedia page: "
Multiservice tactical brevity codes are codes used by various military forces."
I truly appreciate your service along with all the other brave men and women that have fought and died for this nation. However, your current position is a civilian one with the rest of us civilians. If you are still in the guard or reserve feel free to use the military brevity codes where you can be sure everyone will understand your transmission. For the the sake of situational awareness in a busy airspace system I would like to understand the transmissions of the people I am sharing airspace with.