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sdfcvoh · October 10th, 2007, 15:27

Not a controller, but I'm guessing that the ATC dude was having a bad shift - and his chastising was him being concerned about your safety, too. Of course he wants to be an integral part of your journey, just as we pilots always want to be PIC landing and taking off.

There are always those three things we've been taught to keep in my mind when it comes to a situation like yours: 1.Aviate, 2.Navigate, 3.Communicate. Sounds like you did those, and maintained a safe environment because of it. If ATC had a further problem with it, I would have said, "Sorry about the delay, but I felt it was safer to stay on CTAF because of pattern traffic."

October 10th, 2007, 15:27	#2
sdfcvoh Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Tucson Posts: 1,020	Re: VFR practice approaches Not a controller, but I'm guessing that the ATC dude was having a bad shift - and his chastising was him being concerned about your safety, too. Of course he wants to be an integral part of your journey, just as we pilots always want to be PIC landing and taking off. There are always those three things we've been taught to keep in my mind when it comes to a situation like yours: 1.Aviate, 2.Navigate, 3.Communicate. Sounds like you did those, and maintained a safe environment because of it. If ATC had a further problem with it, I would have said, "Sorry about the delay, but I felt it was safer to stay on CTAF because of pattern traffic." __________________ I want to die like my grandfather did, peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming in terror like his passengers.