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I take that you're not suggesting that this descent is a 'Cleared' descent. i.e. still up to the pilot and not initiated by the controller. I think that this is maybe where the confusion exists with H Peacock. He thinks he's being 'cleared'. Whereas, in a RIS, the contract between controller and pilot is, very basically:
'you can descend at you own discretion and I will continue to give you a RIS, i.e. Whilst in radar cover, I have you identified, I will continue to give you an information on known traffic, and I will pass useful and pertinent information but I am not
controlling you. All decisions on maneouvres are yours. Separation from other aircraft and the ground is your responsibility.'
I'm not suggesting that any of his should enter the phraseology, just that this is what the contract between the two actually is and what should be understood by both in a RIS.
