Originally Posted by
22/04
One thing that hasn't been raised is why the aircraft didn't make the turn requested by ATC on the approach - there may be a reason unknown to the aircraft - and presumably he was under a radar control service.
He was establishment on the ILS and was ‘comfortable’ and decided that a new heading was not necessary.
ATC accepted that, which was a reasonable thing to do even under ‘radar control’ as the pilot was ‘comfortable’, notwithstanding that the approach was grossly unstable and continued to be so.
The professional relationship between pilots and ATC is not always the easiest thing to explain. It does take time for the osmosis to work.
Had there been another valid reason (‘unknown to the aircraft’) then approach radar would have explained why a new vector was issued.
When I was at the College of ATC, Hurn many moons ago (No.54 course), I was told to start thinking of the relationship of a Boy Scout helping an ‘Old Dear’ across the road at a Zebra crossing.
Then gently absorb the legislation through osmosis with this in mind.