all BA pilots do the same
No they don't. Delivery get told the QNH I have, Director gets told the ATIS letter and aircraft type.
Aapproach, callsign, passing flight level 200, descending to FL160, information S
Oh dear! In your quest to free up airtime, how about leaving out the "passing flight level" bit. The UK is not the USA and this 'extra' icall of yours is unnecessary. Similarly, if you say you're descending "to" a flight level then you really should go and get the books out before lecturing us on how it should be done
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