Slightly off the topic - but BIG bugbear all the same.
Initial climb out of EGSS, approaching 1000' agl for the clean up. Bearing in mind this is a busy ole time in the office with all the monitoring that needs to be done, raising of flaps and callouts etc., is there no way the 'frequency change' call can be left a bit later? Even trying to reply can get a bit difficult on occasion! This is followed in very short order (having changed freq) by a radar heading (always the other way from the direction you're turning!)/level off or change/free speed/blah blah blah call, just as we are reaching SID alt, throttling back and in a 30 deg bank turn - and we haven't gone 4 miles yet!
Back on track - I agree that some RT is lacking, unhelpful and even atrocious on occasion - no excuses. On the other side, we do want higher/lower if we're already climbing/descending, and not just for smoothness! When we've just changed freq and request a level change, yes, we can see other traffic on TCAS, but we have absolutely NO idea where they are going or what is being done with them.
I know it's busy for you chaps and chapesses, but please be gentle with us.
Trip
