Originally Posted by
Senior Skipper
Some people just like to hear their own voice:
"Center, Big Airline 123, request"
"Big Airline 123, go ahead"
"Big Airline 123 request FL360"
Two completely unnecessary transmissions.
I've done that as a courtesy when the controller is busy, but not when it's quite. Figure the controller would respond to a low priority pilot request/question when his/her workload permits.
Doing it on ever radio request is somewhat cumbersome and toolish though.