PA31 PLT LNDG PHX WAS GIVEN A HURRY UP CONFUSING APCH FROM THE NW IN FRONT OF TFC AND ACROSS 2 FINALS TO RWY 25L.

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AFTER APCHING THE ARPT FROM THE NW; THE INITIAL APCH CTLR VECTORED ME TO A R DOWNWIND RWY 25L; 5 MI N OF THE ARPT; ON A HEADING OF 090 DEGS AT 4000 FT. 1 MI E OF THE ARPT; ON DOWNWIND; I WAS HANDED OVER TO THE NEXT CTLING SECTOR. CONTACTING THE CTLR; I WAS INSTRUCTED TO FLY HEADING 100 DEGS AND TURN A 5 MI FINAL TO RWY 25L. NOW 2.5 MI OUT; RECEIVED A TFC CALL FOR AN AIRBUS AT MY 10 OR 11 O'CLOCK POS; WHICH I REPLIED WITH 'LOOKING FOR TFC.' STILL ON 100 DEG HDG; NOW 3 MI OUT; INSTRUCTED TO TURN TO HEADING OF 160 DEGS AND DSND TO 3500 FT; WHICH I COMPLIED; AFTER REACHING THE 160 DEG HDG I SAW THE AIRBUS AT MY 8 OR 9 O'CLOCK POS; TURNING FINAL APPROX 9-10 MI OUT FROM MY POS; AND RPTED. NOW I AM ON A R BASE FOR RWY 25L; BUT SET UP FOR A 3 MI FINAL TURN INBOUND. ANYWHERE BTWN 2 TO 1 MI N OF THE RWY 26 FINAL APCH COURSE I WAS CLRED FOR STRAIGHT IN APCH TO RWY 25L; KEEP SPD UP; TFC TO FOLLOW YOU; CONTACT TWR. I BEGAN MY DSCNT ON THE 160 DEG HDG AND WHILE SWITCHING TO TWR FREQ AND REFING THE ARPT I DIDN'T HAVE A VISUAL WITH THE AIRBUS. AS I APCHED AND PASSED THE RWY 26 FINAL; I SAW THE AIRBUS AND IMMEDIATELY INCREASED MY DSCNT RATE TO INCREASE OUR SEPARATION; FOR I KNEW WE WERE CLOSER THAN WHAT WOULD BE A NORMAL ALLOWANCE. TURNING FINAL FOR RWY 25L; I CONTACTED TWR AND WAS CLRED TO LAND; AFTER WHICH CLRING THE RWY A B737 LANDED. RECEIVED A PHONE NUMBER FOR TRACON WHICH I CALLED. I SPOKE WITH THE SUPVR; WHO QUESTIONED ME ABOUT MY VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE AIRBUS AND WHY I HADN'T TURNED A 5 MI FINAL. ALL MY COMMENTS AND RESPONSES WERE IN REF TO THE ABOVE RPT. REVIEWING THE EVENT; I FEEL THAT I HAD FOLLOWED ALL OF THE CTLR'S INSTRUCTIONS AND WAS NO LONGER REQUIRED TO TURN A 5 MI FINAL AFTER BEING VECTORED ON A R BASE FOR A 3 MI FINAL AND ONCE AGAIN AFTER BEING CLRED FOR STRAIGHT IN APCH. IN CONCLUSION; I FEEL THAT LOSING 100% VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE AIRBUS; NOT KNOWING TO PASS IN FRONT OF OR BEHIND THE AIRBUS; AND NOT FACTORING THE AIRBUS' FASTER APCH SPD WAS THE PRIMARY CAUSE ON BEHALF OF THE PIC. WITH REGARD TO THE CTLR; WOULD BE A VECTOR FOR A 3 MI FINAL AFTER ASKING FOR A 5 MI FINAL AND NO INSTRUCTION TO REGARDS ON HOW TO PASS THE AIRBUS. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT BOTH OF US BECAME TOO CONCERNED WITH THE TFC TO FOLLOW ME ON RWY 25L TO ALLOW SPACING BTWN MYSELF AND THE B737.