Originally Posted by ComputerGuy
That's excellent, but there's only one thing I'd change. I hate using the word "for" in radio calls, so I'd make it "xxx approach, n1234, 2 miles NW of xxx 1,000 climbing 3,000 request flight following direct xxx to yyy.
Yep, the old human factors argument that "for" sounds a lot like "four". It's especially important in non-US airspace for obvious reasons.
If I could add a pet peeve - when flying into Narita's airspace remember they don't have an "approach" or "center" frequency. It's 'control" and "radar", a minor point but it is a pet peeve of mine
