I once phoned quite a well known airfield for PPR...and was told 'Yes but why are you bothering phoning?' 'Because it says PPR in the AIP' 'Oh! Most people don't bother!!'
I've had that happen several times. I now phone and say: "I'm phoning to check if it's OK to fly in, and to make sure your weather's alright, and is there anything else I ought to know?" Now, while all of that is good and sensible, the fact is that I'm half doing it so that I don't get asked why I'm bothering to phone. And I've heard conversations along the lines of; "Is it PPR?" "Well, it says it is, but they all do; probably doesn't mean it".
Dare I say that use of the term PPR has now become meaningless? Can you find me an airfield in any of the commonly used flight guides that doesn't say it's PPR? If they ALL mean it, why don't we just make phoning in advance a rule? And if they don't all mean it, let's sort things out properly.