Speaking of busy controllers....one overworked guy was doing a bilingual service on Poitiers approach, tower, zone and info last time I spoke to him. They don't seem to mind which frequency one uses on initial call
Our airfield is under the TMA, which at that point is class E. I wish we had listening squawks here, and I suspect the Poitiers controller would too.
Fisbangwallop, how helpful do you find them?