Originally Posted by
chevvron
Err at the risk of 'thread creep', because in the UK they're supposed to notify their intentions in advance, what's known in the UK as booking 'PPR'.
Over here there's no PPR unless it's a military field or Washington Reagan so for a VFR flight it is quite likely ATC's first contact with an aircraft would be a call just outside the class D saying we're coming in. Class C and B would most likely going through approach first so the tower would know they're coming and their intentions. To get back on the thread the PilotEdge guide probably isn't a good guide for UK operations, just as the Denham guide phraseology would have folks scratching their heads here.