RPTR IMPLIES NEW ICAO ACFT IDENT USED BY THE FAA WITH LAHSO PROCS REQUIRES THE CTLR TO DETERMINE THE ACFT TYPE OR HOLD SHORT CAPABILITIES WITH THIS TYPE OF OPS.

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PRIOR TO LAHSO PROCS GOING INTO EFFECT; SOIR WAS COMPLEX ENOUGH. THE FAA TELLS ATC SPECIALISTS TO KEEP YOUR EYES 'OUT THE WINDOW' OR ON THE TFC. NOW WITH LAHSO AND THE ICAO ACFT IDENTS IT CAUSES AN ATC SPECIALIST TO PUT HIS EYES INTO A BOOK OR INFO AREA TO DETERMINE TYPE ACFT OR HOLD SHORT CAPABILITIES. COMPLEXITY IS MULTIPLIED AND IN SOME INSTANCES DELAYS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO A CTLR NOT HAVING THE TIME TO LOOK UP INFO; OR UNABLE TO ASCERTAIN PROPER ACFT TYPE. IN MY OPINION; THIS HAS BEEN A VERY POOR PROC ACCEPTED BY THE FAA AND COULD POSSIBLY LEAD TO SYS ERRORS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THERE IS INFO AVAILABLE IN A 3 RING BINDER WHICH IDENTS THE CATEGORIES OF ACFT FOR THE PARTICULAR RWYS USED WITH THE LAHSO OPS. RPTR INDICATED THEY HAVE TO DIRECT ATTN AWAY FROM THE TWR OR RADAR DUTIES FOR THE SPECIFIC ACFT TYPE TO DO THIS. RPTR ALLEGES THAT THEY WERE TOLD TO ASK THE PLT FOR THE ACFT MODEL WHEN IT WAS NOT INDICATED ON THE STRIPS; IE; ATR.