WDB HAD TO GAR BECAUSE IT WAS ABOUT TO PASS ANOTHER ACFT ON A PARALLEL APCH.
Synopsis
WDB HAD TO GAR BECAUSE IT WAS ABOUT TO PASS ANOTHER ACFT ON A PARALLEL APCH.
Narrative
WHEN CONTACTING BAY APCH; I ADVISED THE CTLR THAT I COULD NOT ACCEPT A VISUAL APCH. THE CTLR THEN ASKED IF I WOULD TELL HIM WHY I COULD NOT DO A VISUAL. I EXPLAINED THAT SINCE THEY WOULD BE PUTTING ME SO CLOSE IN TRAIL TO THE ACFT ON THE PARALLEL RWY THAT I COULD NOT KEEP FROM PASSING THAT ACFT AND I COULD NOT ACCEPT THAT. THE CTLR THEN ADVISED THAT IF THAT WAS MY ONLY CONCERN IT WAS NOT A PROB; AND IN THE FUTURE ALL I HAD TO DO WAS SAY THAT I DID NOT WANT ANYONE ABEAM ON APCH. WITH THOSE ASSURANCES; I SAID THAT I COULD ACCEPT A VISUAL APCH UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS. WHEN WE SWITCHED TO THE NEXT CTLR; WE WERE GIVEN TFC AT 10-11 O'CLOCK; 4 MI. WE COULD NOT SEE THE TFC AT THIS TIME. WE WERE NEXT GIVEN THE TFC AT 9-10 O'CLOCK; 2 MI. I THEN SAW THE B737 IN THAT RELATIVE POS; BUT WE HAD LESS THAN 1 MI IN TRAIL AND STILL CLOSING; EVEN THOUGH WE WERE ALREADY AT MINIMUM APCH SPD. I TOLD THE CTLR THAT WE COULD NOT KEEP FROM PASSING THE ACFT. WE WERE THEN GIVEN A MISSED APCH. I TRIED TO AVOID THIS SIT UPON INITIAL CONTACT WITH BAY APCH; BUT WAS LIED TO IN AN ATTEMPT TO FORCE ME TO ACCEPT AN UNSAFE SIT! THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN! MY MATH TELLS ME THAT IF I START 1/4 MI BEHIND AN ACFT AND MY APCH SPD IS 30 KTS FASTER; THEN I WILL PASS THE ACFT IN ABOUT 45 SECONDS. IN THE FUTURE; I WILL AVOID A SIMILAR SIT BY DEMANDING A FULL IFR APCH. I WILL NOT ALLOW A CTLR TO PUT MY ACFT IN AN UNSAFE POS WHETHER; IN A CASE LIKE THIS; OR NOT GIVEN THE 2 MIN OR 5 MI BEHIND A HVY ON TKOF.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.