INSTRUCTOR AND TRAINEE IN A C172 HAD ATC LCL CTLR ATTITUDE PROB AT PVI.

Date: 2001-03 · Aircraft: Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|other-ctlr-attitude

Synopsis

INSTRUCTOR AND TRAINEE IN A C172 HAD ATC LCL CTLR ATTITUDE PROB AT PVI.

Narrative

THE EVENT DESCRIBED IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE AT BVI. RECENTLY; THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN FREQ CONGESTION DUE TO ARGUMENTS CREATED BY 1 PARTICULAR CTLR; OR THE STUDENTS HE IS TEACHING; AND VARIOUS PLTS OF ALL LEVELS OF TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE. THIS CREATES AN UNSAFE SIT. WE PROCEEDED TO HADJI INTXN ON THE LOC RWY 10 AT BVI. PIT APCH WAS BUSY WITH A DEP BANK AND TFC G159 INBOUND ON THE VOR RWY 28 TO BVI. WE DID NOT CONTACT THEM. AFTER THE PROC TURN; WE PROCEEDED INBOUND ON THE LOC. THE ARPT WAS IN SIGHT FROM 15 NM OUT. AT 9 NM ON THE GPS I CALLED THE TWR '9 MI W INBOUND GOLF.' THE CTLR ASKED IF I WAS BETTER SET UP FOR R OR L TFC. I STATED L. WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO RPT 3 NM W ON THE DOWNWIND LEG. AFTER WE CROSSED THE NAMTH OM; WE STARTED TO ENTER FOR A 3 NM W DOWNWIND. THE CTLR SAID URGENTLY 'BREAK IT OFF NOW AND ENTER THE DOWNWIND.' THERE WAS NO TFC INVOLVED. I STATED THAT I WAS 4.7 NM W AND ON THE DOWNWIND. I WAS INSTRUCTED TO RPT DOWNWIND. I RPTED 3 NM W AND THEN ON MIDFIELD DOWNWIND. WE WERE CLRED TO LAND AND EXIT THE RWY. WE THEN WERE TAXIED TO PARKING FOR FUEL. THE CTLR IN QUESTION HAS IN THE PAST BELITTLED ME AND SEVERAL OTHER PLTS ON THE FREQ. THERE WAS REALLY NO UNDUE CONVERSATION WITH THIS INCIDENT. HOWEVER; THIS CTLR IS CAUSING A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL CONCERNED. THESE PROBS MAY NEED TO BE LOOKED AT BY SOME OUTSIDE SOURCE OTHER THAN THE TWR MGR. HE HAS NOT BEEN RECEPTIVE TO MANY OF OUR COMPLAINTS. I HOPE YOU CAN HELP; AND BRING THE PROFESSIONALISM BACK INTO OUR AVIATION COMMUNITY. USING THE FREQ TO CHASTISE PLTS IS UNCALLED FOR IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE.

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