Having tried to transit Solent E-W or W-E several times I have to say I get a rather mixed response and there seems very little reason to it - no obvious "congestion"
Sometimes on the initial call you seem to get "Remain clear of controlled airspace until I call you back" - by which time I had already doglegged around the IoW and was about to call Bmth App.
Other times they seem to fall obver themselves to help - most recently it seems because I have asked for vectors to the ILS at EGHH to keep current with some form of instrument approach - asking for this seems to make it very easy - especially if you tell them you can accept IMC or VMC.
Agree that a N/S transit overhead would not be received too well but it does seem odd that some days they are very helpful and others completely the opposite.
Any comments?
Thanks
TZ