Reading "It's Time for GPS" in Novem-ber 2013, reminded me of two approaches I recently made in different areas of the country. I was told to expect vectors to the ILS. In both cases the same runway also had GPS approaches. When I asked for the GPS approach, there were long pauses followed by a clearance for the full GPS approach-no vectors to final. I felt like I was being punished for asking for the GPS instead of the approach that they knew much better. Both controllers seemed not to be familiar with the GPS approaches. One said, "What?" and the other said, "I guess I send you to XXXXX waypoint." At both of these airports I was the only one coming in so it wasn't due to heavy traffic.
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