N90 Controllers voiced concern regarding the DALTON SID; describing a potential conflict between an TEB departure and an EWR arrival; the reporters recommending that the DALTON procedure be terminated.
Synopsis
N90 Controllers voiced concern regarding the DALTON SID; describing a potential conflict between an TEB departure and an EWR arrival; the reporters recommending that the DALTON procedure be terminated.
Narrative
While working the EWR 22 final; I observed an aircraft target flying underneath the EWR final. It appeared to be a Dalton Departure off of TEB. I asked the Departure Controller if the aircraft was a Dalton Departure and was told that it was. I advised the Departure Controller that TEB was below minimums for that procedure. The aircraft may also have been more than 4 miles south of TEB. I am not sure of that fact. I believe the ceiling at the time was 2;200 MSL and the minimums for the procedure is 3;000 MSL. Recommendation; do away with the procedure! Not the answer you are looking for... The pilot should not have asked for the procedure with the weather conditions at the time. The TEB Controller should not have allowed the aircraft to depart TEB on the Dalton and the Departure Controller should not have released the aircraft. A complete failure of the system. The procedure is not even published with SIDS/STARS etc. It is published in the Airport Facility Directory. I do not think that the weather minimums are even stated on the Commercial Charts version of the procedure which is what most corporate pilots use.
Second reporter narrative
A G3 was issued a Dalton 19 departure and departed Teterboro with less than the minimum ceiling requirement. The Dalton 19 is plagued with problems. Both ATC and pilots mis-apply the rules rendering this a very haphazard procedure. With aircraft in critical phase of flight; one arriving to Newark via the ILS 22 and one departing Teterboro climbing and turning there is no room for error; which there all too often is. This procedure should be terminated to ensure the safety of everyone involved. This event could easily have been avoided by utilizing the TEB 6 SID. Terminating the procedure is the solution.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.