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And, of course, there is no such thing as a VFR holding pattern. In my
experience, if ATC wants me to kill time when VFR they will tell me to stay
clear of the airspace that I wanted to enter and circle. Where and how is up
to me.


I think controllers forget that.
I have been asked to hold at a fix by ATC when VFR in Class D.
I replied "VFR unfamiliar with published hold" and offered to do a 360° for
spacing, which ATC approved. In tuth, I was aware of the published hold, and
could have flown the pattern as published, but I did not feel comfortable
encouraging the controller's blurring of the lines.

I have been asked to "hold" at other times, in places where there is no
published hold. In these cases, I tell them what I'm going to do (usually
360°) just in case they are expecting something else.

G Faris