Question for you.....if you file an IFR Flight Plan....and you are handed off to another ATC unit....why is the Air Crew required to "Pass your message and ask for a particular level of service"?
I would have thought you would approve of freedom of choice - you can request what level of service you are happy with as your in flight conditions vary and the level of congestion and other traffic varies. Not to mention weather
Perhaps you forget how congested UK airspace is.
I would like to have seen the lads flight plan - probably DCT Wick-Shoreham.........