I've been doing holds and tonight for the first time the controller did not give me a choice of a pattern or delay vectors. He just gave delay vectors. Is this a random thing or is there some way to specify this ie the placement of waypoints or something. I was a tad disappointed :-( as I just mastered setting up DreamFleet's FMC to set a fix and hold. I flew for over an hour and was getting ready to program my FMC for the hold and then was just given delay vectors - no choice to "do it on our own".Thanks, Adam

two reasons you got vectors1) your last checkpoint was not a vor, or it was more than 5 miles from your arrival airport2) the co-pilot was flying the plane

Thanks JD, So essentially if there is not a vor within 5 miles of the airport, you cannot expect a holding pattern period but rather just delay vectors?I was flying, so it's not due to the copilot.Thanks, Adam

correct