Routine use of expeditious compliance procedures by ATC controllers.

Attributes
ACN	149331
Time
Date	199006
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sjc
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	149331
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

The sjc tower had adopted procedures to clear aircraft for 'immediate takeoff,' and request the expeditious exiting of the active runway after landing as routine traffic management in periods of high traffic vol. These procedures, particularly when used routinely, suggest marginal sep. And, when used routinely and frequently, may condition the pilot to ignore a truly marginal or urgent situation should 1 develop.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ROUTINE USE OF EXPEDITIOUS COMPLIANCE PROCS BY ATC CTLRS.

Narrative: THE SJC TWR HAD ADOPTED PROCS TO CLR ACFT FOR 'IMMEDIATE TKOF,' AND REQUEST THE EXPEDITIOUS EXITING OF THE ACTIVE RWY AFTER LNDG AS ROUTINE TFC MGMNT IN PERIODS OF HIGH TFC VOL. THESE PROCS, PARTICULARLY WHEN USED ROUTINELY, SUGGEST MARGINAL SEP. AND, WHEN USED ROUTINELY AND FREQUENTLY, MAY CONDITION THE PLT TO IGNORE A TRULY MARGINAL OR URGENT SITUATION SHOULD 1 DEVELOP.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.