its being done at the same hospital i had my c/s at. thats the bit that worries me, if its more risky to induce me and more likely to lead to a c/s anyways, why not just go for the c/s?

I think sometimes it depends on why you had a C/S before hand and the likelyhood of having a vaginal delivery. Obviously you never know now what exactally is going to happen but for some women they are more confident that they will birth vaginally and want to give them every opportunity to do so without opting for the C/S first.