I had an interesting incident with this.Single night manning,3am and foggy.Clear the a/c to the beacon 7nm north of the field and ask if they are happy to establish localiser from there.Pilot is happy.I then watch the a/c on the ATM turn south and point at the airfield no where near the beacon.The a/c then get to 2nm west of the field,and starts a rapid descent(level bust) towards high ground.It then turns up the finall approach below MSA,does a split a
se turn and eventually on the loc.Vis 2000m.
Now which is safer? Me vectoring using an ATM,or letting the pilot nearly kill himself trying to fly into a hill.Legally I can't intervene because I can't use the ATM.
Ps our ATM can see from Norway to France.5 or 6 radars to chose from.