To me it is so simple- it was the wrong phraseology by the controller.
Originally Posted by eastern
an IFR or VFR recovery back to Aldergrove.
- esatern has it in one. It is an expression used when an aircraft is
returning to its base from which it departed for a
recovery, and was 'standard' R/T in my days in slippery things. Look up 'recovery'. (Actually the word 'back' is redundant). It was not appropriate to a 'route' flight landing at a different airfield and was just a slip of the tongue.
If it happens again, niceday, try "Visual for run and break" and see what happens.
