Regarding the Radio Checks: I agree, if the station name is in the call then why? However, I prefer to do things by the book unless there are official requests not to. One example is Blackbushe FISOs don't like taxi requests. Does beg the question why FISO (as said above) but then with helicopters, jets, turboprops and light a/c it probably does pay to have them full-time (as also pointed out above).