Intercept the LOC and descend on ILS
Question for ATCO's
Since flying a little on the U.K. airspace we (from further south - mainland) always wonder about the phraseology and procedure on ILS's.
Our ATC "CLEARS" us to either intercept the LOC - and then you intercept the LOC only without descending on the glide, or "CLEARS FOR APPROACH" when you are cleared also to fly the vertical profile. In the U.K. you always clear to intercept the LOC and only when approaching the FA FIX we get the ... whatever you call it "DESCEND ON THE ILS" hopefully on time for not having to intercept from above.
Now the question: As i've never heard the Cleared for approch, what are we expected to arm when cleared to intercept the LOC, can we arm the APCH mode which will automatically capture the LOC or only the LOC as we do back home when cleared to intercept the LOC and then wait until cleared for the GS?
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