L'aviateur, I'm sorry if you found my post too abrupt but I was frankly astonished that anyone in ATC would even suggest such a thing. I certainly didn't mean to offend or annoy you.
ShyTorque's comments (above) say it all. It's just not CAA policy to act in that way and no ATCO (military or civil) has the authority to "instruct" you to land anywhere. If the "Senior Military ATCO" really said that, he should be professionally ashamed of himself. If I had been there, I would have made my views known in precisely that vein.
Maybe he reads PPRuNe and may choose to comment ... ?
JD
