ACR VOICED CONCERN REGARDING CTLR TECHNIQUE AT ATL WHEN LNDG CLRNC WAS WITHHELD UNTIL SHORT FINAL; QUESTIONING CTLR PLANNING/JUDGEMENT.
Synopsis
ACR VOICED CONCERN REGARDING CTLR TECHNIQUE AT ATL WHEN LNDG CLRNC WAS WITHHELD UNTIL SHORT FINAL; QUESTIONING CTLR PLANNING/JUDGEMENT.
Narrative
POOR ATC PLANNING EXECUTION AND JUDGEMENT. WE HAD TO GO AROUND AS WE WERE PLACED TOO CLOSE TO THE ACFT THAT WAS GIVEN A LATE TKOF CLRNC JUST AHEAD OF OUR LNDG. THE CTLR WAS USING A VERY POOR 'TECHNIQUE' FOR OPS IN LOW CAT 1 WX; WHEREBY CTLR WOULD NOT CLR AN ACFT TO LAND UNTIL VERY SHORT FINAL. THIS WAS JUST AS THE ACFT WAS STARTING TO BREAK OUT OF THE WX RIGHT AT CAT 1 MINIMUMS ON A TIGHTLY SPACED PRM APCH INTERSPERSED WITH TKOFS ON THE SAME RWY. THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO BE HAVING TO TALK ON THE RADIO DISTR FROM TRYING TO ACQUIRE THE RWY FOR LNDG -- VERY POOR WAY TO DO THIS; AND; IN FACT; I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS DONE BEFORE ANYWHERE. ONCE FINALLY ON THE RWY AND ROLLING OUT AT HIGH SPD; CTLR ATTEMPTED TO GIVE US TURN OFF AND TAXI INSTRUCTIONS AND ASKED US TO CLR THE RWY (AS CTLR HAD ALREADY DONE ON SHORT FINAL ALSO); ASAP. THIS IS TOO MUCH COM TOO LATE IN THE APCH. WE SLOWED AND CLRED AS SOON AS WE SAFELY COULD DO IT. THE RWY WAS WET AND HAD STANDING POOLS OF WATER ON IT; AND ROLLING OUT IN A 138000 LB AIRPLANE ON A WET RWY YOU DON'T RUSH THE TURNOFF. THIS WHOLE SITUATION WAS VERY DANGEROUS AT ATL AND CONTINUES TO WORSEN. THEY CANNOT EXPECT ANYWHERE NEAR A CLR DRY DAY VFR FLOW-RATE IN BAD WX AND WET SURFACES. THIS TWR CONTINUES TO OPERATE ANY WAY THEY PLEASE; WITH ATTITUDE; AND CONTINUES TO GET AWAY WITH IT; UNTIL AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS.
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