MU METER RWY FRICTION MEASUREMENTS.

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ON FEB/THU/95 CAPITAL CITY ARPT AUTH IMPLEMENTED MU RWY FRICTION VALUES ON THEIR FIELD CONDITION RPTS. ATC PERSONNEL WERE NOT ADEQUATELY BRIEFED AND/OR TRAINED ON THESE PROCS. OUR ARPT SVCS 1 MAJOR AIRLINE AND SEVERAL COMMUTERS BUT MOSTLY GA ACFT. MY CONCERNS ARE THE SVCS WE ARE PROVIDING TO THE USERS. PERSONNEL AT LAN AFSS AND LAN ATCT CAN'T PROVIDE THE PLTS WITH WHAT THEY REALLY WANT TO KNOW; WHAT IS THE BRAKING ACTION. WE HAVE INFORMALLY POLLED AIRLINE; CORPORATE AND GA PLTS AS TO THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF MU READINGS. NONE KNEW WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT (15-20 PLTS). THE ARPT CERTIFICATION BRANCH PUSHED THESE PROCS THROUGH MID-WINTER SEASON. I UNDERSTAND THAT MU HAS BEEN IN THE AIM SINCE 1994. IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE FAA COULD HAVE BEEN MORE PROACTIVE IN EDUCATING THEIR WORK FORCE AND USERS PRIOR TO IMPLEMENTATION. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: TWR SUPVR STATED MU METER READINGS ARE ONLY FOR THE ARPTS CERTIFICATION BRANCH AS TO WHAT THE FRICTION MEASUREMENTS ARE ON A WET RWY. THESE ARE INVISIBLE TO THE TWR FOR BRAKING ACTION RPTS. NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN THE WAY THE TWR SOLICITS OR GIVES BRAKING ACTION RPTS.