FLC CONCERNED ABOUT ABBREVIATED ARR PROCS.

Date: 2002-06 · Aircraft: A320 · Phase: approach

Anomalies: inflight-event-encounter-unstabilized-approach

Synopsis

FLC CONCERNED ABOUT ABBREVIATED ARR PROCS.

Narrative

ON THE LYNSY ONE RNAV ARR; ATC ISSUED A NW HEADING 320 DEGS OR 340 DEGS) JUST OUTSIDE OF UTARE. SHORTLY AFTER; HEADING OR 280 DEGS WAS ISSUED AND DSCNT TO 7000 FT; FOLLOWED BY VISUAL APCH CLRNC; 170 KTS OR GREATER TO 7 DME. THIS PUT THE ACFT TOO HIGH AND TOO CLOSE TO THE ARPT; REQUIRING THE FO TO DISENGAGE AUTOPLT; USE FULL SPD BRAKES; DROP GEAR AND FLAPS AND DIVE FOR THE RWY. THE RNAV ARRS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED FOR OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE AND EFFICIENCY. HOWEVER; FLC'S ARE RARELY ALLOWED TO FLY THE PROCS AND ARE REPEATEDLY TURNED IN CLOSE AND HIGH TO THE ARPT VIA RADAR VECTORS. I CALLED THE TRACON SUPVR ON DUTY AND ASKED IF OTHER TFC WAS THE REASON WE WERE TURNED IN SO CLOSE AND HIGH. THE SUPVR EXPLAINED THE CTLR WOULD HAVE TO TAKE US OUT FARTHER IN ORDER TO WORK US IN. I EXPLAINED THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE DESIRABLE TO KEEP US ON PROFILE INSTEAD OF SLAM-DUNKING. THROUGH CONTINUED CONVERSATION; THE SUPVR EXPLAINED THE NEW PROCS ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE AIRSPACE AND CREATE PROBS FOR THE CTLRS. ALSO INDICATING MOST PLTS WANT THE QUICKEST RTE TO THE ARPT. THIS CONTINUES TO BE THE MINDSET OF THE CTLRS. TODAY'S MODERN ACR CAN GO DOWN OR SLOW DOWN; BUT CAN'T DO BOTH (EFFICIENTLY) AT THE SAME TIME. A BETTER EFFORT MUST TAKE PLACE BY THE CTLRS TO ALLOW THE PROCS TO DO WHAT THEY ARE DESIGNED FOR.

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