BEagle,
However, a 'request' to VFR traffic to extend upwind (never downwind) or to cross to the dead side would not be unreasonable....
Why
never extend downwind? This was quite common at a secret airbase near St Andrews before the "light aircraft hold" was established. It is also common to hear requests from civilian pilots/instructors to "extend downwind for spacing".
What about aerodromes where there is no deadside available for use due noise restrictions?
What about the delay forced on other departing traffic by an aircraft extending upwind?
I refer you again to my point that unless the VFR traffic has filed a flight plan in the normal way and conformswith normal routing procedures, the flight falls into category Z which has a lower priority to those in the "Normal Flight" category (desscribed above). It is not always the case that the commercial boys are "getting their way" at the expense of the rest of the aviation community.