Do I need a squawk code for IFR?
Obidiah, yes I'm a centre controller (ex-FS as it happens - I didn't take Dick's redundo offer 
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I'm usually happy with you launching straight into your taxi call. If I'm flat strap it probably helps to pre-empt as I'll might have half a dozen other things to get to first, so take a number
. It's where comms are dubious to pre-empt and establish you have two-way comms before wasting your breath. When you say "IFR" my ears fully switch on and I listen more attentively to remember what you said so I can find your details.
Like NB I'm not fussed either way, although I might start tapping my foot and wondering where to record your shoe size if you're overly long winded and slow with it.
).I'm usually happy with you launching straight into your taxi call. If I'm flat strap it probably helps to pre-empt as I'll might have half a dozen other things to get to first, so take a number
. It's where comms are dubious to pre-empt and establish you have two-way comms before wasting your breath. When you say "IFR" my ears fully switch on and I listen more attentively to remember what you said so I can find your details.Like NB I'm not fussed either way, although I might start tapping my foot and wondering where to record your shoe size if you're overly long winded and slow with it.
From memory the books only require a prompt for a position report now
Interestingly, these niceties - if you choose to call them that - were never in evidence during domestic operations in Australia (apart from Qantas International who copied it from overseas practices) and seemed to come into vogue circa 1989 after foreign carriers flocked to our shores. Suddenly the usually crisp and concise Australian AIP radio procedures vanished from our domestic airwaves to be replaced by superfluous "stuff" which has remained ever since...
