Tonyic7
should have been able to self position for a 10 mile final,
No. It requires to be radar monitored to self position to a 10 mile final. If radar is unavailable ...then (on 25) it's the 14 dme arc or in to the BEL for the full procedure (OY may be an option)
http://www.ead.eurocontrol.int/eadba...2011-10-20.pdf
If you are the only aircraft in the TMA then you may just have the delay extended by a few minutes, if however ,you are number two or three then that delay may extend substantially.Three aircraft arriving simultaneously could mean the EAT'S(expected approach times) being issued with up to 20 minutes total delay with the lowest being first(if that happens to be a slow turboprop type then the EAT's are recalculated and they WILL increase).