bad idea, personally if I am anticipating a turn and have not received it
yet, I will slow down a bit, sometimes they will fly you through the LOC
then turn you back onto it for spacing. that has happened to me. I dont
intercept the loc untill told to. if they give me a heading I fly it
untill told otherwise. you can tell them xxx approaching loc request turn
on to loc?


Doug wrote:

Several times, while under IFR flight plan and radar services, I have
been vectored to intercept the localizer and the controller was late
in turning me into the localizer. This usually happens when I need
about a 90 degree turn to the localizer. I have decided not to wait
for his vector and just turn. This has always been when the freq is
busy. There is a very small time window to turn (about 15 seconds), so
if the freq is busy, I can't request a turn before I am past, so now,
if this happens, I just turn. I told a CFII this and he said, ok, but
its not really the legal thing to do. I believe it is the safe thing
to do, and therefore legal. Any opinions from the group?