Really is controller preference, around here all the C/Ds use follow and assume pilots are grown up enough to know their aircraft and how to space themselves properly.   But then again, FAA doesn't like letting pilots think, hence the movement to the Kindergarten queue instruction "Line up and wait [kiddies]".

Thanks everyone for all the good wishes, but it appears many of you were rather persuasive in your individual messages to me.  I am going to stay aboard for a little bit longer.

The foot petals are also quite good, Delcom sells some decent ones that will run you around $40 or so. I prefer that when sitting down as apposed to the handheld PTT as Cameron mentioned, it frees up your hands for strip marking/keyboard entries.

Something else I noticed, the H31 Dhruv has here is definitely a bargain price, but I don't believe that is the Controller/Dispatch version (at least it doesn't appear to be). I used to use that headset and it definitely lasted a while, but one thing I've learned to appreciate about the C/D version is the thinner wire to the quick disconnect makes it easier to move around with and I believe the audio quality is a a bit more boosted on the C/D version. I bought mine over the summer from ebay as well, but the one from Albany headsets for $50 is a steal for that version...

I've probably gone way too much into Plantronics products here, but they make a solid headset (I think someone is pulling pranks on BW at work  )... I've never really had a major problem with anything from them that I've purchased.