I've been blasting straight into my taxi call for the last 4 years and I could probably count on 1 hand the number of times I've been told to "Standby".
A visit to Brisbane Centre confirms this is how they want it done (from the controllers I've spoken to anyway).
I'm pretty sure you were at the ASA presentation I was able to swing for the troops back in '06, or was that when I banished you to the gulf for a week or so for sozzing a chieftain battery....??? It was covered that night, just before the drinking began....
