Originally Posted by
Cloudee
Eurofox, there’s nothing stopping you using VFR flight following, I’ve never been refused it.
Spot on with FF. I religiously use it if I'm going somewhere and can't recall being refused on initial contact, though I have had it terminated due surveillance coverage multiple times, though even in most of these cases, the controller has usually said something like "You can expect to be back in coverage at 65 miles to run <waypoint>".
I'll defer to Le Pengion as to whether most controllers actually
prefer you to be under FF if you're up high and their workload permits it, but I'd like to
think they would, as they know straight away they can talk to you if there's an upcoming conflict or question rather than the oft-heard "Aircraft 50 miles east of Upper Bumphuck at 8,500, do you read?" with silence being the only reply...