More years ago than I care to remember, I was No 2 director at Gatwick vectoring an US registered DC10 for a fairly late turn onto the 08 ILS. "Cleared for the ILS" said I, "Descending to 1200 feet" says he. It might have been a slightly different level, but as the aircraft was pointing directly at Leith Hill with a top just under 1000ft and the aircraft had been cleared to maintain 2000ft, the actual level is immaterial. I never used that piece of terminology again.
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