2006-01 · NASA ASRS report 685633
AFTER LNDG; AN AIR TAXI PLT EXHIBITED ANGER TOWARD AN ATC LCL CTLR BY TAXIING WITH EXCESSIVE SPD.
I FLY TIME CRITICAL OPS. AS SUCH; I ALWAYS EXPEDITE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. UNFORTUNATELY; LAST NIGHT I TAXIED AT A SPD THAT WAS UNPROFESSIONAL AND QUITE POSSIBLY UNSAFE TO INDICATE MY EXTREME ANGER WITH THE TWR. I LET MY RAGE TAKE CTL OF THE SITUATION AND DISREGARDED NORMAL AND SAFE OPERATING PROCS. I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH ONLY ONE OF THE APCH CTL/TWR FACILITIES THAT I WORK WITH ON A NIGHTLY BASIS FOR OVER 10 MONTHS NOW; AS THEY CONTINUALLY GIVE NOT JUST PRIORITY TO THE PART 121 CARRIERS; BUT GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO DELAY AND IMPEDE ME. THE EVENT UNFOLDED AS FOLLOWS: I CONTACTED THE TRSA ABOUT 22 NM OUT WITH POS; INTENTIONS; AND ATIS. I WAS RADAR IDENTED AS 18 NM OUT TO THE W AND TOLD TO CONTINUE. APPROX 12 NM OUT; TFC WAS CALLED AS A CRJ 4 NM BEHIND ME THAT WOULD OVERTAKE ME. MY AIRSPD WAS ABOUT 155 KTS AND GND SPD WAS RIGHT AROUND 180 KTS. I WAS NOT ADVISED TO SLOW OR CHANGE HDG (UNUSUAL FOR THIS FACILITY); BUT THAT THE CRJ WOULD OVERTAKE ME SHORTLY. I CONTINUED DIRECT TO THE FIELD AS USUAL AND KEPT MY SPD UP AS USUAL (I HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS RUN 4 NIGHTS A WK FOR THE LAST 10 1/2 MONTHS). WHEN I WAS 4-5 NM OUT I WAS TOLD TO CROSS AT MIDFIELD FROM THE W TO THE E FOR A L DOWNWIND FOR RWY 22 WHICH IS R TFC NORMALLY DUE TO TERRAIN ON THE E SIDE OF THE FIELD. THE CRJ HAD NEVER OVERTAKEN ME. UPON ENTERING THE L DOWNWIND I FINALLY SPOTTED THE CRJ; WHICH HAD BEEN ALREADY CLRED FOR THE VISUAL; APPROX 6-8 NM OUT ON A R DOWNWIND. AS I WAS ABEAM THE NUMBERS; I WAS TOLD I WAS NOW #3; AS THE CRJ WAS TURNING A 4 MI R BASE AND ADDITIONAL TFC WAS A BEECH 1900 ON AN 8 MI STRAIGHT-IN. AT ANY TIME UP TO AND INCLUDING THIS POINT; I COULD HAVE NOT ONLY LANDED BUT ALSO CLRED THE RWY WITHOUT CAUSING ANY SEPARATION ISSUES WHATSOEVER. BUT AS USUAL THIS FACILITY CHOSE TO DELAY ME. WHEN I FINALLY LANDED AND WAS TAXIING IN; I WAS COMPLETELY LIVID AND ALLOWED MY ANGER TO TAKE CTL OF MY DECISIONS; AND PROCEEDED TO TAXI AT A HIGH RATE OF SPD IN FRONT OF THE TWR. WHILE I FEEL JUSTIFIED IN MY ANGER AT THE CTLRS OF THIS FACILITY; MY ACTIONS WERE UNPROFESSIONAL; UNSAFE; AND JUST PLAIN STUPID. A MUCH BETTER WAY OF HANDLING THIS SITUATION; AND THE ONE I WILL BE USING TODAY; IS TO CALL THE TWR CHIEF TO RECTIFY THIS PERSISTENT SITUATION.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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