Departing
The first thing I noticed is that you call for clearance just as before but then you call for push and start followed by taxi clearance. You aren't given a specific roue to taxi to the runway but then at least you don't get held up by ai rolling at 5 kts.
Next came the part when I got a bit lost as to what to do. My first flight from Stansted to Bournemouth had me flying out towards the east coast of Anglia. Turns out I was supposed to fly a departure procedure :think:
As I don't yet know about those, I had 2 options. 1/ RTFM or 2/ Ask Pete P our fellow forum member.
I asked Pete and he explained that any waypoint in the flightplan within 30 miles of the airfield will cause RC4 to think that it is part of the departure procedure and if I delete that waypoint, I will be vectored straight away.
It worked (thanks Pete!) but I've since found that I can fly my own :shock: departure route and join the GPS route to be vectored.
ATC & Voices
Some of the voices sound better than the others but you can select which ones you want to use. For instance I've got my pilot voice set to an English one.
You'll notice in MSFS that the clown who wrote the code didn't allow any time for you to respond to ATC commands before another ai aircraft or indeed another ATC command is given. With RC4, your FO replies for you and always has time to reply before any further RT is heard.
Whilst all that is going on, it gives you time to make heading adjustments etc but as it's not you replying, you have to listen out for your callsign as once it's been said, thats it. If you are instructed to do something and you do not follow the request, you will be reminded by ATC.
Another gripe about the MSFS ATC was "report traffic in your 6 o'clock". Yep no worries, I'll just check the camera mounted in my APU exhaust :roll:
In RC4, you are informed of traffic ahead of you (aircraft type/ALT) and your FO replies with your callsign.
You can also have random pre recorded real world ATC played inbetween your own RT. This as I say is random and you will hear ATC from all over the UK but it really does add to the overall experience. Much of the ATC seems to be Thames and reminds me of my time at LCY which I enjoy. Correct me if I'm wrong Pete.
Cruise
You are vectored around the sky whilst en route and there is also an option to turn holds for weather/traffic on or off. Pete has also guided me through this as you can be vectored or fly round the hold yourself, sticking to the exact route required.
I was held yesterday on a flight from Bournemouth to Stansted. ATC called saying there will be a delay due to the approach being saturated and needless to say the flight took just over an hour whilst I held.... vectored all the way
Descent
You are told to descend when ready although I have also been told to descend immediately as ATC want me level by a certain point. Again this adds to the realism as it's not the same commands over and over.
A couple of my descent routes have been a bit odd but I put this down to MS. I shall be investing in FSBuild tomorrow (payday) to give me some more realistic routings.
Anyway, you have several options for your approach including visual, vectored etc. You can guess which one I go for
Once you are near your destination, the ILS freq appears in the small RC4 window which is extremely helpful. No more searching the net or reading books to find a freq and of course you can then dial it straight in and do a perfect approach regardless of weather, time of day etc. How many of you are now thinking what a lazy git I am 
I'll also add that the ATC window is a lot smaller than the default one which is good. There are many, many more things in the program which I haven't spoken about or don't yet know about, but I can def recommend it to anyone wanting better ATC.
Many thanks to Pete P as well for putting up with my flow of questions
