Good one

Possibly more importantly, CRAFT is the standard teaching method for Air Traffic Controllers who are handing out your clearance--at least when I went through the ATC schoolhouse. Another teaching standard for ATC that most pilots don't realize (especially students) is the PTAC given prior to an approach clearance -- P-Position (6 miles from Ashley) T-Turn (turn left/right hdg xxx), A-Altitude (maintain 1,600 until the marker), C-Clearance (Cleared ILS rwy 15 approach). If you happen to be established on final already and don't need a turn then they just "PAC" you!

I use and teach CRAFT.

Why use CRAFT or CRADS or anything else? Why not just copy what you hear? As long as you've got some SA on where you are, where your planned route takes you, and where you're going, it's easy. One technique I do use: for departure instructions, rather than writing that part verbatim, I draw "pictures" like the missed approach instructions on approach plates.

Because when you are learning, it helps to know what is coming. Think back to when you were a student learning to deal with ATC. Your instructor could tell you exactly what the controller was about to say and what to tell him, but when your callsign was up, you would still miss something. Now imagine trying to deal with the clearance and having no idea what to expect!

LOL! Comm Menu>Preflight>Clearance Request>....Send

I second this.

CRAFT may be from riddle but that doesnt mean its right !

C
R
A
F
T

R
V
R

Isn't that what the little pad by the phone at the hotel is for?

I use DRAFT. D=Destination R=Routing A=Alititude F=Frequency T=Transponder. I like the PTAC and I guess I'll add RVR onto the end of DRAFT. I also like WVSTAR for whats on ATIS. W=Winds V=Visibility S=Sky Condition T=Temperature A=Altimeter R=Remarks. Good discussion.