BHX ATC - Slightly weird
Mon 20th March '06 15:30pm.
MCT to CHASE.
Female controller at BHX "Good afternoon XXX, vectors for 33 number 2".
Got to CHASE, no vectors given, no sign of #1 so I say: "Should we just fly towards base leg for 33???"
Female controller: "Strictly speaking you should have taken up the hold at CHASE"
That was well out of order. She was busy on the phone regarding some traffic at EMA. She didn't say "Clearance Limit Chase". She did say "Vectors for 33 #2 in traffic."
Why should I have to go into the hold, wasting time and company fuel when the controller says "Vectors 33"?
She was out of order, but I didn't take up the challenge at the time.
Any comments BHX?