Gingerbread Man,
They don't leave much room for discretion here it seems:
Quote:
Originally Posted by MATS1 Sect.3 Ch.2 9.4.1
The controller shall instruct the pilot to report established on the ILS or MLS localiser and, if necessary, shall continue to give heading instructions until this report is received
You are quite correct of course and just serves to illustrate how the CAA cannot get it's own publications to agree with each other. From CAP 413 Ch. 6 Page 9 Para 1.6.3:
NOTE: The following two ground station instructions may be given in more than one transmission. Controllers may additionally use the phrases ‘Report established on localiser’ or ‘Report established on glidepath’ where it is judged that this will aid situational awareness.
Locally, because of a number of occasions where aircraft have been unsure whether to descend or not and unable to get a word in edgeways, there have been several interesting go-arounds. As a result, local instructions have been issued which as well as clarifying what phraseology to use and when, do indeed remove the compulsory "established" report.
DD