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On a brighter note, I'm stoked to be flying here. It's so well organised. Once I get used to it I'll really enjoy it.
Cheers mates.
Great! Enjoy it. Check Airman’s FAR-AIM quote is what we generally work to - straight ahead until a steer is given.
As an aside, a plan for a visual is a really useful tool to have in the USA. There are times in places like Florida, for example, whether pretty nasty weather can be dotted about - and often at about 10 miles final, funnily enough. ATC in this part of the world are great at working with you to find a way through or around in my experience, but there’s only so low they can let you go on radar. A visual approach gives you the freedom to avoid any close in weather, and descend to intercept the final approach at whatever distance and height you feel comfortable with, unencumbered by minimum vectoring altitudes.