First Contact With Approach
When i listen to birmingham approach on my radio, the pilot is apparently supposed to state the aircraft type, altitude and heading, etc. I noticed that some pilots do not report the aircraft type and occasionally not a heading. Why is this?? Does the controller know what type of aircraft and heading he is on??
One more question, when an aircraft gets transferred to another control area, does that controller know that the aircraft is going to report in soon?