Initial inbound check-in with London Ctrl
 

Years ago, with my previous (UK registered) company, we were issued with a NATS pamflet regarding a trial for the initial check-in with London Control which should include the expected STAR for your destination. This was a trial to reduce excessive R/T, I believe. E.g: Big ship 123, FL360, inbound RAPIX, LAM3A LHR.
I still hear a lot of UK airlines make the same transmissions, but is there somewhere a (preferably official) document to show my new line pilots flying into the UK?

Cheers,

Mushton

Probably better asked in the ATC forum. I don't think it was formally adopted.

In the absence of specific information stated on the STAR plate:
callsigns / level information. If on an assigned heading, state it; if speed control applied, state it.

London will issue STAR or routeing instructions on first contact, and if you check in stating such, that negates need for London to restate it, unless wrong of course... can’t find chapter and verse off hand but will have a look for you.

Thank you all for your replies.
@wiggy: I’ll try and find the reference as well, thanks so much

Try looking at the CAP 413 document. Its the document all UK licensed pilots and ATC comply to.

None of this Flight level Three Seven Ohhhhhh business :E

Are you saying the requirement is definitely in there or are you saying you think it should be in there?

I have checked CAP 413 (and have just checked again) and couldn’t find any mention of the requirement - if you did find it can you provide the reference please?

CAP 413 used to include the ICAO standard phraseology, expanded where ICAO was silent or a bit vague, together with national variations. Specific requirements for particular units, airspace or airports, where they existed, were published in NOTAMs or the AIP. I've not been involved in the book for a long time but if the same principles are being applied you won't find anything about it in CAP 413, especially if it was only a trial (despite the fact that some trials can go on almost indefinitely). FWIW, I recall that there was an entry in the book about initial calls to an ATC but it wasn't very detailed because of the multitude of variations that exist.