Peter Duniho wrote:
"Hamish Reid" wrote in message
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There's your clearance out of Bravo. If you're VFR, you'll hear
'Cleared into Class Bravo Airspace'. That's ATC regulations there, and
ATC are to adhere to that.

Funny. I flew KOAK / KMRY yesterday IFR on a routing that took me deep
into KSFO's Class B airspace and never *once* heard that magic phrase
"Cleared into Class Bravo..."


Not that the previous poster is correct in what he says, but how does your
IFR flight relate to his claim regarding VFR flight?


It's not required for VFR either. All is requried is you get some
clearance. Even the controllers handbook which espouses the
"proper phraseology" for controllers to give such clearances
doesn't reuqire "CLEARED TO ENTER THE CLASS BRAVO." He even
quoted the appropratie section and didn't note the that there
were multiple versions of the clearance in the example.

Yes, you want to hear the word "CLEARED", no it doesn't have to
be word for word "CLEARED INTO THE CLASS BRAVO.