PPRuNe Knight in Shining Armour
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Everywhere in the UK, but not home!
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I wasn't inferring that you had given him the impression that he was under a FIS, it's just that because the student came back with a "TRPACER" call of some sorts it suggests to me that he perhaps thought he was talking to an ATCO (it may have been the first time he'd encountered this situation) and didn't know any different! Just remember students are capable of doing some rather strange things because they know no better!
And to clarify a small point, my assertion that I'd change to another en route frequency pretty sharpish should be accompanied by the point that I am in fact flying across the country. If, and I suspect that this applies to your situation, I was bimbling around in the local patch, then I'd certainly carry out at least a listening watch on the MATZ/LARS frequency.