Originally Posted by TCAS FAN
If your unit is using "after departure. contact....", has this phraseology been risk assessed or commented on by your ATS Inspector?
It doesn't need to be, we're AGCS. AGCS is not viewed by the UK CAA as an ATS, therefore not inspected. The "after departure, contact...." is simply part of relayed departure 'instructions' issued by an adjacent ATSU. The crews seem to like the option to call radar when it suits them...