Changing between RAS, RIS and FIS
Yesterday I was IFR at FL40 bumbling my way across the countryside in my C150 outside controlled airspace. I got a RAS from the local Air Traffic unit because I was in IMC. Twenty minutes later I popper out of the cloud and was in good VMC and I could tell I would be for the next 15 minutes. So, I asked for a FIS thinking that it would cut down the controllers workload. 15 minutes later I was about to enter IMC again so I asked for RAS.
My question is, was this a sensible thing to do? Does it cut down on controller workload or was the ATC chap cursing me the other side of the PPT button thinking "I wish he would make up his mind!"