Originally Posted by
satpak77
south of the border you need to do this just to wake the controller up.
Originally Posted by
EYBusdriver
This annoys me.
"Flight 123 request"
"Flight 123, go ahead"
"Flight 123 request FL 350, if available".
Not only South of border..... It is common in a lot of countries.....
In fact, it is Standard Operating Procedure in a lot of countries who follow ICAO procedures to the line, They want you check in or establish contact FIRST with just your call sign. There are a lot of places, where if you follow US type radio procedures, " who where what", they will lash out on you.
When in the US, there is a lot of good advice here........