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pitts_pilot(at)bellsouth.
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 Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 5:27 pm Post subject: why we need ATC |
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Why don't you carry this email with you and talk to the tower chief
directly. I don't fly into my local towered airport much anymore, but
when I did I knew the tower chief on a first-name basis.
Linn
David Feinstein wrote:
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Rant mode ON.
Here are three hourly reports from the Home Drome this morning.
KBDR 191552Z 02013G20KT 10SM BKN055 BKN070 M05/M20 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP098 T10501200
KBDR 191452Z 04012KT 10SM OVC060 M05/M22 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP119 T10501217 58007
KBDR 191352Z 03010KT 10SM BKN080 M04/M22 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP125 T10441217
My student and I started our taxi about 1500Z (middle report). Ground
controller wanted to know our intentions.
"Closed traffic."
"Unable closed traffic due to limited visibility and haze."
Once back inside, I called the tower and asked the guy what his visibility
criterion was for pattern work, because I didn't want to waste my students'
time if he wouldn't let us practice. He said that the tower visibility was
poor to the southwest and he was having trouble spotting airplanes. I looked
off in that direction and noticed the Northport stacks, 20 miles away.
They walk among us. And we pay them.
Somebody on the Mooney list recently compared controllers who can't work
without radar to pilots who can't live without GPS. I have to disagree a
little bit. The GPS-crippled pilot can at least take off and land.
Bridgeport, Connecticut. Where safety is assured by keeping pilots on the
ground or outside the ATA. Kind of severe, but it works.
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don.curry(at)inbox.com
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| Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 6:20 pm Post subject: why we need ATC |
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There are several tings you can do if you believe you received less-than-satisfactory service from ATC. First, I believe BDR is a contract-tower location and Midwest ATC Services has the contract. So the first thing you can do is call Midwest at 913-782-7082 and explain your experience. You can also file a complaint on the FAA Hotline (866-835-5322). If you want to talk with the BDR tower chief, you certainly can do that, but remember, s/he is the person who enables that particular controller to continue to work on a daily basis, so you will probably be waisting your time. You can also talk with your FSDO, but I don't believe the FSDOs have anything to do with ATC, so that would probably also be a waste of time. However, you might do some good talking with the FAA Eastern Service Area office (ASO-510) that handles contract towers. Their number should be 404-305-7133. That is a Southern Region number, but they handle contract towers for Eastern and New England regions, too. You can also call the FAA Regional Office for your Region and speak with someone in the Air Traffic Division. Now, go improve the system!
Good luck,
Don
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