PRC CTLR DESCRIBED CONFLICT WITH DEP AND PATTERN TFC CITING EQUIP TRANSITIONING ISSUES AS CONTRIBUTORY.
Synopsis
PRC CTLR DESCRIBED CONFLICT WITH DEP AND PATTERN TFC CITING EQUIP TRANSITIONING ISSUES AS CONTRIBUTORY.
Narrative
WE ARE TRANSITIONING TO STARS FROM SATDS. AT THE LCL CTL #1 POS IT IS SATD AND AT THE LCL CTL #2 POS STARS. OUR LCL FLT SCHOOLS HAVE ASSIGNED CODES WHICH TAG UP ON THE STARS BUT NOT THE SATDS WHICH IS VERY CONFUSING. 2 LCL ACFT (ARTS IIIE) CALLED IN FROM THE SAME AREA AT THE SAME TIME. I WAS AT LCL #1 USING SATDS SYS AND NEITHER ACFT TAGGED UP. I GAVE TFC ABOUT EACH OTHER AND ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS. ONE ACFT (ACFT Z) APPEARED TO HAVE AN INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD; THE OTHER ACFT (ACFT X) APPEARED TO BE A SOLO STUDENT. BOTH ACFT WERE GIVEN L TFC TO RWY 30. ONE OF THE ACFT WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE ACFT X MANEUVERED INCORRECTLY ENDING UP OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO THE UPWIND OF RWY 30. I ISSUED TFC AND AMENDED HIS ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS. WHEN HE DIDN'T APPEAR TO CORRECT; I GAVE HIM ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS TO RPT INBOUND FROM CHINO VALLEY FOR A R 45 DEG ENTRY TO RWY 30. I ALSO GAVE HIM MORE TFC ABOUT DEPARTING ACFT. I DEPART ACFT Y TO THE N AND GAVE HIM TFC ABOUT THE INBOUND ACR. AS I WAS GETTING RELIEVED AND GIVING THE RELIEF BRIEFING; I ISSUED MORE TFC TO ACFT Y AND ACFT X. ACFT Y RPTED TFC IN SIGHT STATING HE JUST FLEW BY ME. ACFT X RPTED TFC IN SIGHT THAT THE ACFT FLEW UNDER HIM. THE RELIEVING CTLR THEN SAID 'WELCOME TO THE VFR ENVIRONMENT' OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. AT THAT TIME I WAS THE ONLY CPC ON THE SHIFT.
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