Roger...

that's what my chinese students sometimes do

"uhhh uhhh uhhhhh.....roger"

You've got it all wrong...It's more like this, "Woger cweared a rand wunway twee six weft" "CESSNA 1234, NEGATIVE GO AROUND!!!!!!!" "Woger, Cweard a rranding" Heard on ABQ tower the other day, kinda suprised to hear it since we son't have any big flight academies around here.
 
Nah, different guy. First person I've ever seen chew tobacco in a $300,000 airplane.
While we're complaining about radio technique... ANYBODY who doesn't listen before they key the mic. There was a guy yesterday that, without fail, would hit the transmit button to make a radio call at the exact same time someone else was talking. He may have been a student pilot.... so in that case, it's his CFIs fault. I can see it every now and then if you just happen to key the mic right at the same time someone else does, but this guy was doing it right in the middle of the other guys radio calls. And while we're still at it, overly long conversations on unicom between small shiny jet crew and the FBO about passenger stuff. I'd like to be able to tell everyone where I am so I don't hit one of the 20 student pilots flying around the pattern, not how the boss doesn't want pickles with his catering order.


Along the same lines, non-aviation related conversations over unicom at a little po-dunk airport just cause you think you're the only 2 jerkwads flying around smashing bugs.

True Story, during the final few flights before my PPL checkride, we took a Cirrus up to Wickenburg to do some touch n go's and short/soft field stuff. On they way up there, midway through my position call......"Wickenburg traffic, Cirrus 762JB is 10 miles to the South with X-Ra-----&#^$&$ *#&*&#*)&*#&$*&$*(#&$*(#@^$@*#(^$@#*

-other guy-
"Yeah man, I was coming back from Prescott and was doing some low level flying, and no s**t I see 2 coyotes "F.......ornicating". They hear me right and take off man.... Funniest damn thing in my life, I was laughing so hard I almost killed myself!! Anyways I'll be on the ground in a few minutes and we can go grab a beer."


My CFI and I both looked at each other and decided to skip Wickenburg and head back to Glendale.
 
ATC --"...Report the field in sight"
A/c -- "Roger, my co-pilot has the field in sight"
ATC -- "N123, you're copilot is cleared visual approach Runway 24, you fly present heading"
Long Pause
A/c -- "Ughhh, we both have the field in sight"
 
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