P31 CTLR EXPRESSED CONCERN REGARDING ADJACENT MILFAC THAT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH LOA PROCS.
Synopsis
P31 CTLR EXPRESSED CONCERN REGARDING ADJACENT MILFAC THAT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH LOA PROCS.
Narrative
I WAS WORKING COMBINED ARR AND DEP FOR NSE. THE LOA BTWN P31 AND NSE ALLOWS NSE TO ENTER VFR PROPOSED DEPS IN THE ARTS TAB OF THE DEP CTLR. NO FLT PLAN IS GENERATED; THERE IS NO ACTIVATION; AND NO CALL FOR RELEASE BY LOA. NSE; BY LOA; IS SUPPOSED TO CALL DEP IF AN ACFT FAILS TO ACQUIRE ON THE RADAR. NSE TWR ALMOST ALWAYS FAILS TO MAKE THIS CALL WHEN THE ACFT DO NOT ACQUIRE. ALSO; MANY ACFT COME UP ON THE WRONG CODE AND/OR HAVE THEIR CALL SIGN TYPED IN INCORRECTLY BY THE NSE TWR CTLR. WHEN WORKING RADAR DEP TODAY; I CALLED NSE TO ASK THE IDENT OF AN ACFT THAT HAD DEPARTED NSE AND WAS 4 MI N OF THE ARPT. THEY GUESSED AT THE CALL SIGN AND TOLD ME THE WRONG ONE. THIS CAUSED ME MUCH CONFUSION AND; ADDED TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF ARRS AND DEPS THAT I WAS WORKING; CAUSED UNNECESSARY DISTR. THE NSE CTLRS ARE NOT CAPABLE OF CORRECTLY IDENTING ACFT THAT HAVE JUST DEPARTED; AND THEY OFTEN ENTER THE WRONG CALL SIGNS AND/OR OTHER INFO IN THE DATA BLOCK. THE CURRENT PROC DOES NOT COMPLY WITH 7110.65 REQUIREMENTS FOR RADAR IDENTING DEPS. THERE IS NO ACTIVATION (EITHER AUTOMATED OR MANUAL); AND THE ONLY WAY THAT THE DEP CTLR IS SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT A DEP IS COMING OFF THE ARPT IS THAT THE CALL SIGN IS ENTERED (HOPEFULLY) IN HIS TAB LIST. THIS IS NOT A DEP TAB LIST OR A RUNDOWN LIST; BUT JUST THE REGULAR ARTS TAB LIST THAT MAY HAVE 20 ACFT IN IT. THESE ACFT FAIL TO ACQUIRE NUMEROUS TIMES PER HR. THE SITUATION HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY BROUGHT TO FAA FACILITY MGMNT; BUT THEY CHOOSE TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY AND DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.