Narrative:

Air carrier X departed runway 35. There was an small transport with no navigation radios right off departure end at 7000' eastbound. The tower never could have looked at the radar or they would have seen the small transport. At this airport they get departures off at any cost, to avoid delays, regardless of safety. Later air carrier X at 9000' eastbound almost got hit by another air carrier jet who took an altitude by mistake. The jet in question was at 10,000' and descended. I had to descend one immediately to 8000' and one to climb to 10,000'. They did see each other. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: reporter says that tower will do anything to reduce ground delays. They routinely depart to the west and the south simultaneously with aircraft that will cross flight paths of each other. The operation is not safe. Supervisors encourage it. The small transport had been talking to approach control before loss of radio and the tower advised of the aircraft. Reporter believes tower should have held the air carrier until the small transport passed. Aircraft passed about 1 mi apart. The reporter believes if the tower and TRACON were combined, there would be a better understanding by tower personnel of the workload. The reporter has 22 yrs ATC experience.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR HAD CONFLICTION WITH 2 ACFT AFTER TKOF.

Narrative: ACR X DEPARTED RWY 35. THERE WAS AN SMT WITH NO NAV RADIOS RIGHT OFF DEP END AT 7000' EBND. THE TWR NEVER COULD HAVE LOOKED AT THE RADAR OR THEY WOULD HAVE SEEN THE SMT. AT THIS ARPT THEY GET DEPS OFF AT ANY COST, TO AVOID DELAYS, REGARDLESS OF SAFETY. LATER ACR X AT 9000' EBND ALMOST GOT HIT BY ANOTHER ACR JET WHO TOOK AN ALT BY MISTAKE. THE JET IN QUESTION WAS AT 10,000' AND DESCENDED. I HAD TO DSND ONE IMMEDIATELY TO 8000' AND ONE TO CLIMB TO 10,000'. THEY DID SEE EACH OTHER. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH REPORTER REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: REPORTER SAYS THAT TWR WILL DO ANYTHING TO REDUCE GND DELAYS. THEY ROUTINELY DEPART TO THE W AND THE S SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH ACFT THAT WILL CROSS FLT PATHS OF EACH OTHER. THE OPERATION IS NOT SAFE. SUPVRS ENCOURAGE IT. THE SMT HAD BEEN TALKING TO APCH CTL BEFORE LOSS OF RADIO AND THE TWR ADVISED OF THE ACFT. REPORTER BELIEVES TWR SHOULD HAVE HELD THE ACR UNTIL THE SMT PASSED. ACFT PASSED ABOUT 1 MI APART. THE REPORTER BELIEVES IF THE TWR AND TRACON WERE COMBINED, THERE WOULD BE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING BY TWR PERSONNEL OF THE WORKLOAD. THE REPORTER HAS 22 YRS ATC EXPERIENCE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.