But, if you are IFR, you will NEVER NEED TO USE THIS PHRASE AS CENTRE WILL GIVE YOU TRAFFIC AUTOMATICALLY. YOU DO NOT NEED TO ASK FOR IT.
Just like they will hand you to the next frequency before you run out of range, or provide you with sigmets for your destination in a timely manner. They will also never let an IFR aircraft bust CTA because they have not given them a clearance in time either would they?
Sometimes you need to give them a nudge to get what you need in a timely manner for the operation of your aircraft.
My pet hate, being told the primary HF frequency, establishing two way comms in the air, then being unable to establish two ways on the ground. You then swap to a lower/higher frequency to cancel your sarwatch, get a reply from flightwatch (with a readability of at least a 3) to contact them on primary HF XXXX (which you just tried numerous times to contact them on)
