Enroute Holding
What appeared to be a simple request has turned into a serious discussion, can anyone clarrify.
The other day when approaching Chicago (ORD) we were given holding instructions due to congestion, and they were as follows
“Hold North on the 360 Radial from MSN at FL210, 15 NM legs approved, and own speed”
My question is, does this mean that the inbound leg can be up to 15NM, or does it mean that an inbound turn must be commenced at 15NM from MSN when on the outbound leg?
Bear in mind that at 280 KTS after turning outbound and abeam MSN outbound we were at 9NM already