dropping the "Climb when instructed by Radar"
Go for it, DD! It will cut down the R/T both ways.
I'm pretty sure ABZ is the only place I visit where it is issued and we get clearances to below cruise altitude at ALL airfields, so it serves no useful purpose in my book. FL80 is well above MSA - both sector and en-route - and TA, so there is no safety problem.
If it is 'in the rules' then ABZ is alone in those rules
