A tower controller reported a local controller issue instructions to an aircraft which placed it int...

Attributes
ACN	1436365
Time
Date	201703
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	PRC.Tower
State Reference	AZ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 150
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Approach
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 18.0
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

In the position relief briefing I told the relieving controller my plan was to give aircraft X to local 2 on upwind and take their C172 pattern aircraft on the downwind. Aircraft X was less than a half mile ahead on runway 21L upwind compared to the cessna on upwind runway 21R. While doing the 2 minute position relief overlap; the local 2 controller was repeatedly trying to shame the local 1 controller into taking their cessna on upwind instead of downwind. The local 1 controller repeatedly said no because the aircraft were too close together on upwind. As soon as the local 2 controller talked to aircraft X they told them to turn right crosswind. They were not within 300 feet of pattern altitude and not even past the departure end of the runway; they passed very close in front of the runway 21R upwind cessna for no reason whatsoever other than the local 2 controller trying to prove a point. This was unsafe and completely unnecessary in my opinion. They had no other traffic at the time. I will attempt to participate in professional standards with the local 2 controller even though this was unsuccessful in the past.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Tower Controller reported a Local Controller issue instructions to an aircraft which placed it into a possible confliction with another aircraft in the pattern.

Narrative: In the position relief briefing I told the relieving controller my plan was to give Aircraft X to Local 2 on upwind and take their C172 pattern aircraft on the downwind. Aircraft X was less than a half mile ahead on Runway 21L upwind compared to the Cessna on upwind Runway 21R. While doing the 2 minute position relief overlap; the Local 2 controller was repeatedly trying to shame the Local 1 controller into taking their Cessna on upwind instead of downwind. The Local 1 controller repeatedly said no because the aircraft were too close together on upwind. As soon as the Local 2 controller talked to Aircraft X they told them to turn right crosswind. They were not within 300 feet of pattern altitude and not even past the departure end of the runway; they passed very close in front of the Runway 21R upwind Cessna for no reason whatsoever other than the Local 2 controller trying to prove a point. This was unsafe and completely unnecessary in my opinion. They had no other traffic at the time. I will attempt to participate in Professional Standards with the Local 2 controller even though this was unsuccessful in the past.

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.

A tower controller reported a local controller issue instructions to an aircraft which placed it into a possible confliction with another aircraft in the pattern.