Originally Posted by Whirlybird
I seem to remember some ATCO saying on here that this is pointless. They're probably about to give you their QNH or QFE and tell you what height they want yo at, so is this useful?
Lots of ATCOs say they don't want QNH in a p-y-m call because they're just about to give you QNH once you stop speaking anyway.
But they do like your alt/height though.
Talkdownman wrote something
HERE (albeit about enroute) just the other day...
Maybe they should tell the CAP413 authors as well