Re: Reading "Approved" back
Thank you for all the replies, especially WAIF-er and eyeinthesky.
Nice to know that I'm not doing it entirely wrong.
Rather than approving my request, I prefer ATC to simply instruct me what to do, e.g. "Enter the control zone at XYZ, report XYZ".
Eyeinthesky wrote:
"The difference between 'approved' and 'cleared' is important: If you are cleared to do domething by ATC, they are taking on the responsibility for nothing getting in the way of that permission: Cleared for take-off, cleared to transit etc. If ATC approve something, they are giving their permission but not necessarily removing the responsibility from the pilot to take measures for it to happen safely."
I'm probably being thick, but I don't quite understand your explanation on the difference between "approved" and "cleared".
Remember I'm VFR, so when e.g. "Cleared to transit" TWR will at most give me traffic info on other VFR and instruct IFR to avoid me (my CTR is class D). All responsibility is with me. Can't see the difference between "cleared" and "approved" in this case.