APCH CTLR REFUSES TO COOPERATE WITH FLC REGARDING WX AVOIDANCE.

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STL APCH TRIED TO GET US TO TAKE VECTOR INTO LEVEL 5 TSTM. WHILE MAKING WBOUND DSCNT INTO DEST FIELD (SUS) WE PAINTED SEVERE WX ON RADAR AND CONFIRMED SAME WX VISUALLY. RADAR SHOWED LARGE CELLS OVER ST LOUIS COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY WNW WITH LEVEL 5 TSTM IN OUR FLT PATH 20 MI AHEAD. CAPT ASKED STL APCH FOR DEV TO SW. APCH SAID HE COULDN'T GIVE US DEV. CAPT QUERIED APCH AGAIN ABOUT DEV AND REQUEST WAS AGAIN DECLINED BY APCH. APCH TOLD US TO MAINTAIN 270 DEG HDG (RIGHT INTO CELL). CAPT AGAIN ASKED FOR 210 DEG HDG AND APCH STOPPED ANSWERING HIS CALLS. WE CONTINUED ON HDG UP TO WITHIN 1 OR 2 MI OF CELLS WHEN CAPT GOT A 170 DEG HDG BY APCH AWAY FROM CELL. AFTER A COUPLE OF MINS WHILE FLYING ON A SOUTHERLY HDG; APCH OFFERED TO TAKE US N; THAT HE HAD A PLAN TO TAKE US AROUND THE WX. IT SOON BECAME EVIDENT FROM THE CONVERSATION BTWN THE CAPT; CTLR AND ANOTHER ACFT AHEAD THAT THE CTLR WAS GOING TO HAVE US FOLLOW ANOTHER ACFT THROUGH THE CELL. THE CAPT DECLINED THIS PLAN. THE CTLR GOT AGITATED WITH THIS AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER WE WERE HANDED OFF TO ANOTHER FREQ AND A DIFFERENT CTLR WHO DSNDED US TO 3000 FT MSL AND ROUTED SW UNDER THE APCH ARR CORRIDOR FOR LAMBERT FIELD. AFTER GETTING ON THE GND I CALLED APCH FACILITY ON TELEPHONE AND TALKED TO SUPVR ABOUT THE SIT. HE WAS SYMPATHETIC TO OUR PLIGHT. HE PUT ME ON THE PHONE WITH THE SECOND CTLR WHO HELPED US OUT IN THE END. HE EXPLAINED THAT FIRST CTLR WAS NEW AND DIDN'T HAVE MUCH EXPERIENCE WITH THAT TYPE OF SIT.