Originally Posted by
bcpilot
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........
This can apply to us as well. Often times if its not too busy, or short on staffing (this happening a lot lately), we may be working combined positions, and may have multiple frequencies up on the speaker. We may miss that first part of the initial check in if we're already engaged on one of the other frequencies, or if we're on a landline. Checking in with a "New York approach, November 12345 request" is a better way to establish initial contact, rather than tie the frequency with all the extra stuff.