Thanks Cobalt, that's what I was trying to work out if the UK was in any way slightly different as I'm aware of the amounts of Class E in surrounding FIRs.
Next question for someone then, when you are given IFR clearance on departure to your destination, what are you actually being cleared for? If given a SID, are you just cleared to the end of the SID or are you cleared to the FIR boundary if remaining inside CAS, or are you cleared to the point at which you leave CAS if you so happen to do that first? I know the RTF procedures and that the given clearance is to incorporate what a pilot should do in this event, however if you leave CAS, you cannot re-enter without a clearance, hence this question. I also know that in the event of a RTF that actually, expect anything to happen and just keep everything else out of the way!
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