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Air carrier first officer voices concern over response of approach controller to his advisory as his aircraft is seemingly given the status of 'priority' during an approach sequencing phase.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 156835 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199009 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : n90 airport : lga |
| State Reference | NY |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : n90 |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other descent : approach descent other |
| Route In Use | arrival other arrival star : star |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 2400 |
| ASRS Report | 156835 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
On arrival to lga on the milton 5 arrival, we were given delay vectors. After approximately 30 mins, the captain informed the controller that we were minimum fuel. The controller responded 'are you declaring an emergency.' we replied 'negative'. As we were turning final to runway 22 we heard the controller resequence another airplane because of a priority aircraft, that we assumed to be us. I feel that this confusion is caused by the controllers lack of familiarity with the aim.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR FO VOICES CONCERN OVER RESPONSE OF APCH CTLR TO HIS ADVISORY AS HIS ACFT IS SEEMINGLY GIVEN THE STATUS OF 'PRIORITY' DURING AN APCH SEQUENCING PHASE.
Narrative: ON ARR TO LGA ON THE MILTON 5 ARR, WE WERE GIVEN DELAY VECTORS. AFTER APPROX 30 MINS, THE CAPT INFORMED THE CTLR THAT WE WERE MINIMUM FUEL. THE CTLR RESPONDED 'ARE YOU DECLARING AN EMER.' WE REPLIED 'NEGATIVE'. AS WE WERE TURNING FINAL TO RWY 22 WE HEARD THE CTLR RESEQUENCE ANOTHER AIRPLANE BECAUSE OF A PRIORITY ACFT, THAT WE ASSUMED TO BE US. I FEEL THAT THIS CONFUSION IS CAUSED BY THE CTLRS LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH THE AIM.
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.