ACR X DELAYED BY ATC FOR IFR TFC.

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ACR X CAME OUT OF FARMINGDALE VFR TO ALBANY; NY; WHERE IT WAS VFR (WE CHKED WITH BOSTON FLT WATCH OVER PAWLING). WE CALLED UP ALBANY AND WERE TOLD TO STAND BY AND STAY CLR OF THE ARSA; HOLDING IN A BOX PATTERN AT 24 NM S (FOR 5 MINS. WE GOT CLRNC IN AND PROCEEDED IN AND WAS SWITCHED TO 127.15. THE CTLR ASSIGNED A HDG OF N (360 DEGS) WHICH WE COMPLIED WITH. HE WAS WORKING A COMPANY FLT COMING IN FROM BOS BEHIND US AND AN ACR Y FLT; ALSO BEHIND US. WE WERE TOLD TO SLOW UP TO 170 KTS AND THEN 150 KTS; TO; I THINK; GET US BEHIND THEM. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. WE ENDED UP SLOW; MAKING A BOX PATTERN (HIS WORDS) TO FOLLOW TFC 2 MI FROM THE ARPT WITH RWY 28 AND RWY 2 IN SIGHT! THE BOX PATTERN PUT US BACK OVER A SCATTERED DECK WITH TOPS AROUND 2300-2400 FT MSL. ACR Y WENT TO RWY 2 AND OUR COMPANY WENT TO RWY 28. WE RPTED THE FIELD IN SIGHT A COUPLE OF TIMES AND WERE TOLD TO FLY THE HDG. AS IF WE WERE LYING HE ASKED THE ACR Y PLT IF HE HAD THE FIELD AND HE ANSWERED YES. I KNOW THIS IS A TRAINING BASE FOR CTLRS; BUT TO WASTE MY COMPANY TIME AND FUEL THIS WAY IS INTOLERABLE WHEN THE ARPT IS VFR. THE VECTORS OVER THE SCATTERED CLOUDS CAUSED US TO LOSE THE ARPT; WE NEEDED A LCL IFR FOR A MIN TO PICK UP THE FIELD.