Flight Following questionJim, as others have indicated, it can be variable.
I have had most luck with "Request flight following to destination" or
"Request to be put into the system for flight following to destination". Or
you can just file an ATC flight plan for VFR flight following. That
automatically puts you into the system.

Stan

"Jim Carter" wrote in message
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So far, every time I come out of ROG and request flight following to it
doesn't matter where, I get a discrete squawk that allows departure to hand
me off to Memphis Center, or Dallas, or Kansas City. Coming out of LIT
however I've never been given anything except a local code and then about 15
miles out the familiar "radar advisories terminated, squawk VFR, have a nice
day".
I specifically tested this twice on Friday, making sure that when I called
up clearance delivery and then ground that I made it very plain that I was
requesting flight following. Both times, again they dumped me from the
system between 15 and 20 miles out. The second time, I forced the issue and
stated that I was requesting flight following for the enroute segment if
able. I was then given a Memphis enroute code and handed off within about 10
miles.
My question for the group is: is there a special terminology that should be
used when requesting full-enroute flight following? Or, why do some
controllers provide that service automatically and others seemingly only
under duress? (I don't think it is a controller issue, however it might be a
facility policy issue).