Procedural Instrument Approach
Imagine a scenario where the inbound course to the initial approach fix is substantially different from the beacon outbound course. The one I am looking at specifically is Teeside ILS/DME Rwy 05, arriving from the south.
In the case of that particularly approach would you personally:
i) Approaching the beacon for the first time on a northerly heading, do the 120deg turn to the left to pick up the beacon outbound course?
ii) Fly over the beacon for a minute, turn right back to the beacon, as though to join the hold, but when next passing over the beacon just pick up the beacon outbound course?
iii) Fly over the beacon for a minute, turn right back to the beacon, thus joining the hold, fly over the beacon, round the hold then pick up the beacon outbound course next time over the beacon?
If (i) or (ii) what would you tell ATC? On a recent trip to France ATC were expecting us to do (ii) but the IR pilot did (iii) and confusion ensued.