Ghengis & Spitoon
I know we maybe going off the thread a bit here with my FIS/ILS incident but,,, a couple of points.
1. I hate being asked to orbit on any leg of the circuit. Its inherently dangerous, pilots fly circuits at different distances from the Runway due to aircraft speed, preferances etc and there is a chance that as you complete the first 180 you could go head to head with someone.
2. With (1) in mind I would prefer to be climbed back to, or slightly above circuit height and fly round the dead side for a rejoin/2nd attempt.
3. Mr practice ILS is on long final, I am in the Circuit I would normally expect him to give way to me but If standard practice in this situation is vice versa then it would have been nice to warn me that I would be expected to give way to a prctice ILS. (I was aware a "procedure" was being flown so I knew he was either repositioning for long final or starting long final, I just didnt know where). Yes, with hindsight, I should have asked, before somebody states the obvious.
cpl4hire