>If you are receiving a service then you need to advise them though, but in Class G ATC has no power to stop you anyway.<
No one has the power to stop anyone anywhere other than shooting you down :-)
Flying a jet I may be assigned FL330 but could fly through that on up. I may get the book thrown at me but no one can Physically stop you.
Not quite true regarding a RAS as you then become the RAC responsibility and have to comply with his instructions when flying IFR in class G with a RAS.
Bose
no one doubted what they thought you meant but questioned your innacurate terminology and references to IFR VFR VMC IMC which could confuse students or low time pilots. Hence its important that stuff we post is accurate or corrected clarified by others. None of us know everything me included so we should be only too happy to be corrected.
Pace