EWR CTLR EXPRESSED CONCERNS REGARDING INTERSECTING RWY ILS PROCS BEING USED WITH QUESTIONABLE SEPARATION STANDARDS.

Date: 2005-11

Anomalies: other-ils-procs-on-intersecting-rwy

Synopsis

EWR CTLR EXPRESSED CONCERNS REGARDING INTERSECTING RWY ILS PROCS BEING USED WITH QUESTIONABLE SEPARATION STANDARDS.

Narrative

IN SPITE OF CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY ATC CTLRS AT NEWARK LIBERTY ARPT CTL TWR; NEWARK; NJ; THE AIR TFC MGR INSISTS THAT WE CONTINUE TO ACCEPT ACFT ON ILS APCHS TO OUR INTERSECTING RWYS. THERE IS NO SEQUENCING BEING DONE BY THE FACILITY WHICH HAS APCH SEPARATION RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE ACFT. NEW YORK TRACON; AND NEWARK TWR CTLRS ARE TOLD TO SEPARATE THESE ACFT BY VISUAL MEANS. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO LEGITIMATE REGULATORY BASIS FOR THIS OP; WHICH HAS THUS FAR RESULTED IN 2 INSTANCES OF MISSED APCHS FLYING RIGHT OVER LNDG ACFT; OR RIGHT OVER OTHER ACFT EXECUTING A MISSED APCH. FAA REGS CLRLY STATE THAT VISUAL SEPARATION MAY BE USED TO SEPARATE ACFT ON APCHS TO INTERSECTING RWYS IF AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE ACFT IS ON A VISUAL APCH; AND EVEN THEN; STAGGERED APCHS MAY BE NECESSARY TO ENSURE PROPER RWY SEPARATION. WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS A FREE-FOR-ALL; WHERE PLANES ARE SIMPLY CLRED FOR THE 2 CONFLICTING ILS APCHS AND SWITCHED TO THE TWR. IT HAS NOW BEEN 4 MONTHS SINCE AN FAA UCR; REQUESTING A CLARIFICATION OF THIS PROC WAS FILED.

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