THE RPTR STATES THAT THE SAV FACILITY IS UNDERSTAFFED AND THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF CTLRS THAT WILL TRY AND SET UP THEIR PEERS FOR ERRORS. THE RPTR ALSO STATES THAT THERE IS NO SUPPORT FROM MGMNT ON EITHER ISSUE.

2000-04 · NASA ASRS report 469731

Date: 2000-04

Anomalies: other-controller-dissatisfaction-and-staffing-problems

Synopsis

THE RPTR STATES THAT THE SAV FACILITY IS UNDERSTAFFED AND THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF CTLRS THAT WILL TRY AND SET UP THEIR PEERS FOR ERRORS. THE RPTR ALSO STATES THAT THERE IS NO SUPPORT FROM MGMNT ON EITHER ISSUE.

Narrative

SEVERAL TIMES A YR THE SAVANNAH CTLRS ARE REQUIRED TO STAFF A TEMPORARY TWR AT (HXD) HILTON HEAD. SAVANNAH IS EXTREMELY SHORT STAFFED AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CTLRS TO STAFF A NORMAL OP; LET ALONE INCREASED TFC SITS. THE TFC AT SAVANNAH APCH KEEPS INCREASING AND THE NUMBER OF 'GOOD' CTLRS KEEPS DECREASING; WE GET NO SUPPORT FROM THE MGR OR MGMNT. IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SAFETY IS FULLY COMPROMISED. ALSO; SAVANNAH HAS 'SEVERAL' CTLRS THAT TRY TO 'SET UP' OTHER CTLRS FOR A SEPARATION ERROR AND MGMNT WILL NOT PUT AN END TO THIS ILLEGAL PRACTICE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT NOTHING HAS CHANGED AT THE FACILITY SINCE THE ASRS RPT WAS SUBMITTED. RPTR BELIEVES THAT THE NATCA FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE HAS A PERSONAL AGENDA AND HAS BEEN THE ROOT OF SOME OF THE PROBS. LCL NATCA DOES NOT WANT TO ADDRESS ANY OF THE PROBS MENTIONED IN HIS RPT BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WANT TO 'ROCK THE BOAT' WITH MGMNT. THE RPTR STATED THAT HE IS AWARE OF HOTLINE CALLS BEING MADE BY SOME TO THE FAA AND ALSO HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT CHARGES BEING FILED.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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