PilotEdge: “San Luis tower, Cessna 123AB 6 miles south, landing with [atis code]”
The pilot does not tell ATC he is landing. If he receives a clearance to land, then he should read it back. This sounds like a good example of media garbage. Like TV cops who say "ETA 3 minutes" which is an ET not an ETA.
The UK uses CAP 413 the Radio Telephony Manual, a book amended over the years and now in its 22nd edition.
The basis of the Denham guide.
ICAO copied CAP413 and produced ICAO Doc 9432 but it has never been amended and differs considerably.
The US has always considers that as it speaks "English" everyone will understand you and doesn't need any manuals.
Some years ago there was an accident at Northholt where an aircraft finished up on the A40. At the enquiry they discovered that there were no less that 5 different versions of RT phraseology in use in the UK.
CAP 413 (UK Civil Phraseology)
ICAO Doc 9432 (ICAO Civil Phraseology)
JSP318 (UK Military)
NATO
NATO (Europe)