Pilot reported an approach controller demanded he accept a visual approach to follow other traffic. ...

Attributes
ACN	1243542
Time
Date	201502
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	IND.TRACON
State Reference	IN
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Widebody Low Wing 3 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Approach control tried to demand that I take a visual to follow other traffic. It is my policy not to do so; especially at night. I informed him of this as soon as he tried to assign it to me. The controller became irate and greatly distracted me during a critical phase of flight.the controller demanding I take over the horizontal separation requirements for my visual approach.approach controller should not over expect that an aircraft will accept a visual approach to follow other traffic. Instead; he should expect a visual to the airport or runway. He should always expect to be responsible for horizontal separation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Pilot reported an Approach Controller demanded he accept a visual approach to follow other traffic. When the pilot refused the clearance; the Controller became irate; causing distraction during a critical phase of flight.

Narrative: Approach control tried to demand that I take a visual to follow other traffic. It is my policy not to do so; especially at night. I informed him of this as soon as he tried to assign it to me. The controller became irate and greatly distracted me during a critical phase of flight.The controller demanding I take over the horizontal separation requirements for my visual approach.Approach controller should not over expect that an aircraft will accept a visual approach to follow other traffic. Instead; he should expect a visual to the airport or runway. He should always expect to be responsible for horizontal separation.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Pilot reported an approach controller demanded he accept a visual approach to follow other traffic. When the pilot refused the clearance; the controller became irate; causing distraction during a critical phase of flight.