Daft pilot: "bla bla bla!!"
THE pilot: "Thank you" / "Roger" as appropriate
10 sec's later...
THE pilot: "Ya know, you're begginig to sound like my ex, nagging everytime wee'd drove down to her mother's..."
or...
let some param slightly(!) drift on pourpose... and just as he is openning his gob : tell him with a smile "I'm aware of that thank you"
Well, what do I know of CRM
GD&L