On Nov 27, 3:26 pm, Andrey Serbinenko
wrote:
my SOP to always tell'em this explicitly: if I'm VFR I'd say:
"such-and-such ready for take-off, departing north-west (or whatever),
and if I'm IFR I'd say: "such-and-such ready for take-off, IFR to XXX".

Andrey

Andrey,
It is also our SOP to tell the tower whether we are VFR or IFR.
Our primary flight instructor, a newly minted but very safety
conscious and capable CFI, taught us to do so from the very first
flight lesson.

Hai Longworth