By the time the afiso said it was ok to turn base
Lucky to have VDF on site, the student was asked to call and given hdg's.
AFISO acting as a Controller and using VDF; seems highly improper to me!
If we were using appropriate technology and not teaching 18th century navigation techniques, no-one would ever get lost in the first place.
Appropriate trechnology involves using the bit between your ears, whikch unlike the plastic brain was around long before the 18th century!