jspilot
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The other day I was talking with approach control being sequenced to land at KISP which is a class c. I was given a heading to fly that kind of paralleled the arrival path of a 737 that was inbound. I was told to report the 737 in sight which I did. I was then told to follow that 737 in to the airport and to contact the tower. So I deviated from my assigned heading to maneuver myself to follow the 737 and called the tower. Upon call up I said, "Long Island tower Cessna...... Inbound to land maneuvering to follow the 737." I was then told" well you're gonna have to continue to maneuver because I have another Cessna already following that 737. Continue your left hand turn and join for a left base."
So my question is, should I have just kept flying my assigned heading or was I right to follow the 737 in? Also, I've flown out of KISP for 3 years now and the controllers are great both the tower and aproach guys. It seems like they maye made a mistake in coordination or just have unclear directions. Usually they say" contact the tower and advise them that you have the traffic in sight."- in similiar situations. Just curious what others think could have happened. It was totally no big deal at all but it has stuck with me as a strange situation.
So my question is, should I have just kept flying my assigned heading or was I right to follow the 737 in? Also, I've flown out of KISP for 3 years now and the controllers are great both the tower and aproach guys. It seems like they maye made a mistake in coordination or just have unclear directions. Usually they say" contact the tower and advise them that you have the traffic in sight."- in similiar situations. Just curious what others think could have happened. It was totally no big deal at all but it has stuck with me as a strange situation.