Narrative:

I was conducting training as I was working local 1 position. Aircraft X reported 3.5 miles outside the class delta airspace on initial call. He was told by the trainee to make a right base for the runway and to expect to be number 3 to the field. I immediately overkeyed and told the pilot to be number 2 following a B-737 on a 4 mile straight in to the runway. Aircraft X was 2 miles closer to the field than a cessna behind him. I told aircraft X to make a left turn into the downwind to follow a B-737 (three times). The pilot refused to do what I instructed him to do and gave himself a 360 degree turn on a 2 mile right base. He put himself in an unsafe situation with inbound traffic behind him; instead of staying in a smooth flow as I told him to. The pilot never said 'unable' or gave a reason as to why he wanted a 360 turn. The pilot was also told to make a left turn to enter the downwind 3 miles away from the field and should have complied. Aircraft X delayed other aircraft as he was arguing and swearing on the frequency. The pilot has been told numerous times in the past to comply with ATC instructions and I believe he has a tendency to ignore the controller just to prove that he can do what he wants. I was told by my supervisor that I should have been more authoritative. I listened to the tapes and found that because the pilot was not complying with instructions; that I was speaking more plain english to get him to comply. I believe I stepped in and over-keyed the trainee with plenty of extra time for the pilot to comply with my instructions (three whole flying miles). This pilot put himself in an unsafe situation and did not comply with any control instruction.aircraft X called inbound on the edge of the class delta and would not have had enough room to turn around before entering the airspace if we had not cleared him in. The pilot should have called inbound at the appropriate landmark. The pilot did not comply with instructions given by ATC and should have listened to the controller instead of putting himself in an unsafe situation. The pilot also put himself in the way of other aircraft for no reason.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Aircraft entering traffic pattern refused to comply with ATC instructions. Pilot conducted their own maneuvers in the pattern not issued by ATC. Pilot argued and used inappropriate language on the frequency.

Narrative: I was conducting training as I was working Local 1 position. Aircraft X reported 3.5 miles outside the Class Delta airspace on initial call. He was told by the trainee to make a right base for the runway and to expect to be number 3 to the field. I immediately overkeyed and told the pilot to be number 2 following a B-737 on a 4 mile straight in to the runway. Aircraft X was 2 miles closer to the field than a Cessna behind him. I told Aircraft X to make a left turn into the downwind to follow a B-737 (THREE times). The pilot refused to do what I instructed him to do and gave himself a 360 degree turn on a 2 mile right base. He put himself in an unsafe situation with inbound traffic behind him; instead of staying in a smooth flow as I told him to. The pilot NEVER said 'unable' or gave a reason as to why he wanted a 360 turn. The pilot was also told to make a left turn to enter the downwind 3 miles away from the field and should have complied. Aircraft X delayed other aircraft as he was arguing and swearing on the frequency. The pilot has been told numerous times in the past to comply with ATC instructions and I believe he has a tendency to ignore the controller just to prove that he can do what he wants. I was told by my supervisor that I should have been more authoritative. I listened to the tapes and found that because the pilot was not complying with instructions; that I was speaking more plain English to get him to comply. I believe I stepped in and over-keyed the trainee with plenty of extra time for the pilot to comply with my instructions (three whole flying miles). This pilot put himself in an unsafe situation and did not comply with any control instruction.Aircraft X called inbound on the edge of the Class Delta and would not have had enough room to turn around before entering the airspace if we had not cleared him in. The pilot should have called inbound at the appropriate landmark. The pilot did not comply with instructions given by ATC and should have listened to the controller instead of putting himself in an unsafe situation. The pilot also put himself in the way of other aircraft for no reason.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.