A319
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Total 866; Flight Crew Type 866
Confusion; Situational Awareness
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict Airborne Conflict; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue
Air Traffic Control Separated Traffic; Flight Crew Executed Go Around / Missed Approach
Human Factors; Procedure
We were being vectored to [Runway] 24R in Toronto. The Approach Controller was being very aggressive; and he turned us onto final 2.5 miles behind a Dash-8. At final approach speed; we had 40 kts of overtake. When we switched over to Tower; we had 2 miles on the aircraft in front of us; and unsurprisingly; Tower sent us around. We had been dispatched with little fuel for flexibility; so I immediately declared minimum fuel.Unfortunately; we were vectored back around by the same Approach Controller; and he did the same thing to us again. This time; it was 3 miles following a Challenger Jet. We landed out of that one; but I think it was only because the Challenger had a higher approach speed; plus the extra mile.This practice is dangerous; and that controller was too aggressive. How could any controller think that his set up was going to work? Just plain ridiculous. It was a set-up for failure.
A319 Captain reported being vectored twice too close to following traffic and landing on the second attempt.