SS, first of all dont be put off by the hot heads who shoot first and ask questions later, every company has them, and you SHOULD ask questions on this forum.
Certainly pay us a visit to see the sharp end, but here is a very compressed view of your flight.
Into and out of EIDW thro Vatry you will almost always be on a radar heading due to volume of traffic, probably more than one due to the nature of the turn at STU.
Once you are clear of the in/out traffic you approach STU where we have an semi official traffic flow of eastbounds on the south side, westbounds northside, hence the 105 or thereabouts of STU. As you are inbound to EGKK and relatively slow in your RJ, you will be vectored south of EGLL and EGSS inbounds, resulting in fine tuning of your heading, the wind is also a significant factor as are airspace boundaries and the numerous Danger Areas active south if UG1. As you approach DIKAS the UAR kinks left 5 degrees,another heading change, and the wind is usually subtely different than at STU.
You then enter the BRS sector where you are descending south side against EGFF, EGGD, EGDL, EGTG and EGVN departures, with I am afraid more heading changes. Once you finally get to KENET the TC boys and girls have to fit you into the EGKK flow from the HON direction, with I am sure more heading changes.
If only SRG would approve the use of offsets for Radar separation we would all be much happier.
Your example of heading change just after a frequency change is, i am afraid, poor ATCO technique in the main. Dont forget that Radar is an historical tool and sometimes if we are under pressure we dont know that you have turned, descended, climbed etc until it is too late. Also there are many u/t`s and correcting them on this error is way down the
list for correction in the early stages of training.
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