NoD,
This atco would have thought that if nothing is said on the r/t to indicate otherwise that anyone making a missed approach should be able to fly to their designated alternate and then hold there for a certain amount of time (15mins?) before making an approach?
Woodpecker's reply is also indicative of another concern of mine. It could be called single plane syndrome...each pilot thinking "well I'm right down to minimums now but it's okay, if it all goes pear shaped I'll just call pan or mayday".
Fair enough, but how many might be thinking it at the same time? After the first one calls pan and comes in out of sequence he knocks back everyone else in the queue a bit so someone else calls pan, againe knocking back everyone else and so on. Traffic calling pan or mayday will also be given extra spacing ahead on final approach, for obvious reasons, increasing the overall delay even more. It's a cumulative effect that just gets worse.
One day this situation is going to turn round and seriously bite us.
WF.