knobbyg writes:
"when learning to fly, RT is the most nervewracking bit"
Arrrrrrgh. Talking. In English. On a radio. How hard is that? Harder/scarier than not crashing in a crosswind?
Also:-
"I've recently taken to not always getting a FIS when I perhaps would normally have done so. It's quite liberating for a low hours PPL who's used to constant radio chattering. Doesn't seem quite 'right' though"
Arrrrgh again. What's not right? You could always, if you wanted to, check in with London Info, get the QNH but state "no service required", or monitor D&D, or (gasp!) turn the radio off.