B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 110
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict Airborne Conflict; Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Flight Crew FLC complied w / Automation / Advisory
Procedure
With SAT Approach; ATC vectored and descended us to 4;300 feet. We received an RA and complied per [our SOPs]. ATC said; 'We placed you within 500 feet of the traffic pattern in an effort to get you lower.'Getting us to a lower altitude should not be a priority above vectoring us in close proximity to an airport traffic pattern [or] another aircraft. They then attempted to clear us visual out of the RA. I declined; since the assigned altitude was too high and would have not been in the slot. I requested a vector and completed the approach with no issues. Dispatch was contacted per [procedures].I humbly suggest ATC offer a wider box pattern clear of airports with a normal descent rate.
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A B737 flight crew reported they received a TCAS RA after SAT TRACON vectored them too closely to pattern altitude.