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A RIS is something else there to help me, and I'll take advantage of it if it's available. If the controller is too busy they will tell me. If they are not too busy, then I've just added to the safety of my flight, and others in the area.
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This is not true.
Dusty_B,
I may be wrong, but my understanding is that even if the controller has agreed to give me a RIS, he can later downgrade that to a FIS if his workload gets too big. I'd have no problem being downgraded if someone else needed it more than I. But I'm not letting it go to waste. If it's there, someone may as well use it.
As for asking for a FIS, and expecting to get a RIS because the controller isn't busy, that's plain silly. Expect the service you've agreed, and nothing more.
dp