On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 22:15:54 GMT, "Jim Cummiskey"
wrote:

I fly directly towards the numbers. My heading was approximately 240
(hence, I'm ~30 deg off of the extended centerline).

At 5 miles from the airport (still offset from the centerline), I report "5
mile final." She questions my position and gets all snippy (indeed, darn
right rude) that I am "not on final" since I am not on the extended
centerline. She patronizingly cautions me to be "careful about this."

I would NOT report five mile *final* unless I were on the extended
centerline. And if I were in the air, and someone reported five mile
final, I would be looking for the a/c along the extended centerline -- not
2.5-3 miles North of the extended centerline.

In your situation, I would either have done a dog leg to join the extended
centerline five miles out, or requested a base entry.


--ron