PVT PLT GETS INTO A CONFRONTATION WITH TWR CHIEF OVER ALLEGED MISHANDLING BY A TWR CTLR THAT PLT JUDGED TO BE 'INEPT.' PLT HAD EXPERIENCED AN NMAC ON DOWNWIND AND ELECTED TO CHANGE LNDG RWY WHEN ANOTHER ACFT TOOK HIS ASSIGNED RWY AT APA.

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I WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTION TO RPT 2 MI L DOWNWIND; AT APA. I WAS IN PATTERN 2.9 MI L DOWN; ACFT APCHING ON STARBOARD. I RPTED TWR POS TO CALL ATTN TO CONFLICT OF ACFT. CTLR ASKED ME; 'WHERE ARE YOU?' I GAVE CTLR CORRECT N NUMBER AND ADVISED 'DOWNWIND RWY 17L.' OTHER PLANE (HIGH WING) PASSED UNDER ME AT 500 FT BELOW. CTLR 'PERMISSION TO LAND; YOU'RE #1.' I TURNED BASE; 500 FT AGL AT 60 KTS AND SAW ACFT ON RWY ON LNDG PATH. I DIVERTED TO RWY 17R AND ADVISED TWR 'ACFT ON RWY DIVERTED TO RWY 17R.' CTLR 'PERMISSION TO LAND.' WHILE ON GND CTL I WAS TOLD TO CALL TWR WHICH I DID AND SPOKE TO MR X; WHO WAS NOT ONLY INCORRECT IN HIS STATEMENTS BUT HOSTILE AS WELL. I CALLED HIS SUPVR AND HE REQUESTED MY NAME AND ADDRESS FOR FSDO. IN MY JUDGEMENT THE TWR PERSON IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF TRAINING AND SHOULD NOT BE IN SUCH A BUSY TWR FOR CTL. SHE COULD NOT KEEP TRACK OF ACFT IN THE AIR; SHE AUTH ACFT TO TKOF WITH ACFT NOT MORE THAN 500 FT AWAY. SHE PERMITTED AN ACFT TO LAND; CLRING ME BY NOT MORE THAN 500 FT UNDERNEATH. SHE COULD NOT REMEMBER THE N NUMBERS OF THE ACFT AND COULD NOT FIND THOSE IN THE PATTERN. I AM REQUESTING A COPY OF THE TAPE OR A COPY OF A TRANSCRIPT OF THE TAPE OF THE PERIOD OF TIME INVOLVED TO VERIFY THIS AND BRING IT TO THE ATTN OF THOSE IN AUTH; TO BE SURE THAT ACTION IS TAKEN TO PREVENT REPETITION.