Narrative:

We were on a modified version of the wndsr arrival. Hwd is not included in the wndsr (which is a serious omission). So I was flying rbucl wndsr rebas oak hwd. This is what FAA recommended when I complained that hwd was not included in the wndsr arrival.everything was normal and I was just leveling at 7000 about 5 minutes from rebas when I was told I was going to have to hold. The airport was VFR but norcal said they were too busy to take the handoff from center. Mind you this is midday and not a lot of traffic. So I was told to hold on the 330 [radial] northwest of sgd. I said okay but we had been in flight for 4:05 and we could not hold for very long. Controller said she would pass on that we were tight on fuel. We were given an efc of (15 minutes). We had to make two complete turns in the pattern. We were then cleared direct rebas and handed to norcal. At this point I am only slightly annoyed with the handling. I had to hold. No one else was holding; it was just norcal being snippy about hwd. Norcal then cleared us direct oak and then gave heading. Then we were vectored way out of the way and in a circle over lvk even though we were fuel critical. She even cleared a practice approach in front of us. I had to radio again that we were getting low on fuel. This is totally unacceptable. It isn't like it was heavy IFR at teb. There was absolutely no coordination between the controller that was handling me on the final handoff before the tower and the prior. I don't think she even got the message that I was low on fuel. This total lack of coordination and communication is unacceptable but not infrequent. I landed just under my reserve fuel. I was never in a position to have to declare an emergency but I was close. But it was totally avoidable. I could hear the traffic she was vectoring us around. She should have prioritized us. I got the number and was going to call the tracon chief but I decided I was too mad. So I am using this forum. I am still very mad about this poor handling. This was a lousy job done by the controller(s) and it is exacerbated by the fact that when they added the RNAV arrivals to the bay area they left hwd out of all of them. We were in all of them before the airspace update. There are lots of jets using hwd and more coming. A new FBO just opened this week. I would like some answers and some accountability.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CE550 Captain reported being issued holding instructions during arrival to HWD via a modified WNDSR2 STAR; on a VMC day with light traffic. After two turns in the holding pattern and stating low fuel; he is vectored out over the Livermore valley and turned in behind a practice approach to HWD.

Narrative: WE were on a modified version of the WNDSR arrival. HWD is not included in the WNDSR (which is a serious omission). So I was flying RBUCL WNDSR REBAS OAK HWD. This is what FAA recommended when I complained that HWD was not included in the WNDSR arrival.Everything was normal and I was just leveling at 7000 about 5 minutes from REBAS when I was told I was going to have to hold. The airport was VFR but Norcal said they were too busy to take the handoff from Center. Mind you this is midday and not a lot of traffic. So I was told to hold on the 330 [radial] northwest of SGD. I said okay but we had been in flight for 4:05 and we could not hold for very long. Controller said she would pass on that we were tight on fuel. We were given an efc of (15 minutes). We had to make two complete turns in the pattern. We were then cleared direct REBAS and handed to NORCAL. AT this point I am only slightly annoyed with the handling. I had to hold. No one else was holding; it was just Norcal being snippy about HWD. Norcal then cleared us direct OAK and then gave heading. Then we were vectored way out of the way and in a circle over LVK even though we were fuel critical. She even cleared a practice approach in front of us. I had to radio again that we were getting low on fuel. This is totally unacceptable. It isn't like it was heavy IFR at TEB. There was absolutely no coordination between the controller that was handling me on the final handoff before the tower and the prior. I don't think she even got the message that I was low on fuel. This total lack of coordination and communication is unacceptable but not infrequent. I landed just under my reserve fuel. I was never in a position to have to declare an emergency but I was close. But it was totally avoidable. I could hear the traffic she was vectoring us around. She should have prioritized us. I got the number and was going to call the Tracon Chief but I decided I was too mad. So I am using this forum. I am still very mad about this poor handling. This was a lousy job done by the controller(s) and it is exacerbated by the fact that when they added the RNAV arrivals to the bay area they left HWD out of all of them. We were in all of them before the airspace update. There are lots of jets using HWD and more coming. A new FBO just opened this week. I would like some answers and some accountability.

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.