RPTR STATED THE FACILITY MGR DIRECTED CTLRS TO PUT RPTABLE RVR READINGS ON THE ATIS. RPTR ALSO CLAIMS THE MGR ADVISED THE CTLRS TO DISREGARD THE RVR VALUES SHOWN ON THE EQUIP IN THE PANEL AND USE THE READINGS DISPLAYED ON THE OID.

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AIRWAYS FACILITIES MAINT INSTALLED SOFTWARE INTO THE AWOS RPTING THAT DISPLAYS RVR INFO ON THE OID. THE CTLRS AT ALB WERE DIRECTED TO TAKE THE RVR INFO FROM THE OID AND NOT THE DIRECT RPTING EQUIP. ADDITIONALLY; WE WERE DIRECTED TO INCLUDE THE RVR INFO ON THE ATIS. SEVERAL HAZARDS TO SAFETY ARE PRESENT IN THIS SCENARIO. THE OID IS LOCATED BEHIND THE LCL CTLR. THIS REQUIRES THE LCL CTLR TO INTERRUPT HIS/HER SCAN TO LOOK BEHIND HIM/HER TO PROVIDE RVR INFO. THE REQUIREMENT FOR RVR TO BE PUT ON THE ATIS REQUIRES THE ATIS MAKER TO REMAKE THE ATIS ANY TIME THE RVR CHANGES; SO AS TO NOT MISLEAD THE PLTS LNDG AT ALBANY. THIS PLACES AN UNDUE BURDEN ON THE CLRNC DELIVERY PERSON AND DISTRACTS HIM/HER FROM THE PRIMARY JOB FUNCTIONS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED SINCE THE RPT WAS SENT AND A RESPONSE TO A UCR THAT WAS FILED ABOUT THE SAME TIME; THE FACILITY MGR HAS REVERSED HIS ORDER THAT CTLRS PUT ALL RPTED RVR READINGS ON THE ATIS. HE HAD ALSO REQUIRED CTLRS TO DISREGARD USING DIRECT RVR READINGS FROM EQUIP ON THE PANEL AND USE ONLY RVR VALUES SHOWN ON THE OID EQUIP LOCATED IN THE BACK OF THE TWR CAB. HE ALSO RESCINDED THAT ORDER. THE RPTR SAID THE FACILITY MGR HAS AN FSS BACKGND WHICH SOMETIMES CAUSES COM DIFFICULTIES.