Narrative:

Upon being cleared for a visual approach to runway 23 (10 NM out) we (air carrier X) were cleared to land. We were told to slow to 190 KTS, 170 KTS, and final approach speeds, in order to accommodate a light (small aircraft sel) landing on the crossing runway 18L. The runways cross at 2000 ft down both runways. We were in visual conditions but were unable to spot the small aircraft Y until we were below 100 ft short final and he was crossing the numbers for runway 18L. We never called him in sight. Each time we were told to slow, we slowed 10-15 KTS slower than assigned. The small aircraft Y was told to follow on through the intersection and keep his speed up. Upon sighting him, should we have chosen to go around or told to go around, an unsafe situation would have developed as we would have lost sight of him under the nose. We continued, but an extremely tight landing situation occurred. We estimate that he was crossing our runway on his landing roll as we were less than 500 ft from the approach end of runway 23 (approximately 3000 ft). No comment was made by tower, as this is at times the tight landing conditions at some airports. I understand that towers do an excellent job accommodating large numbers of aircraft in short amounts of time. My complaint is to the freedom given to small aircraft to endanger the safety level while sequencing jet aircraft. I don't consider this situation as unsafe but concern should be given to my comments in the previous paragraph.

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Title: CAPT OF AN MLG ACR ACFT IS CONCERNED WITH REGARD TO THE CLOSE PROX OF CROSS LNDG TFC DURING APCH TO LAND.

Narrative: UPON BEING CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 23 (10 NM OUT) WE (ACR X) WERE CLRED TO LAND. WE WERE TOLD TO SLOW TO 190 KTS, 170 KTS, AND FINAL APCH SPDS, IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE A LIGHT (SMA SEL) LNDG ON THE XING RWY 18L. THE RWYS CROSS AT 2000 FT DOWN BOTH RWYS. WE WERE IN VISUAL CONDITIONS BUT WERE UNABLE TO SPOT THE SMA Y UNTIL WE WERE BELOW 100 FT SHORT FINAL AND HE WAS XING THE NUMBERS FOR RWY 18L. WE NEVER CALLED HIM IN SIGHT. EACH TIME WE WERE TOLD TO SLOW, WE SLOWED 10-15 KTS SLOWER THAN ASSIGNED. THE SMA Y WAS TOLD TO FOLLOW ON THROUGH THE INTXN AND KEEP HIS SPD UP. UPON SIGHTING HIM, SHOULD WE HAVE CHOSEN TO GAR OR TOLD TO GAR, AN UNSAFE SIT WOULD HAVE DEVELOPED AS WE WOULD HAVE LOST SIGHT OF HIM UNDER THE NOSE. WE CONTINUED, BUT AN EXTREMELY TIGHT LNDG SIT OCCURRED. WE ESTIMATE THAT HE WAS XING OUR RWY ON HIS LNDG ROLL AS WE WERE LESS THAN 500 FT FROM THE APCH END OF RWY 23 (APPROX 3000 FT). NO COMMENT WAS MADE BY TWR, AS THIS IS AT TIMES THE TIGHT LNDG CONDITIONS AT SOME ARPTS. I UNDERSTAND THAT TWRS DO AN EXCELLENT JOB ACCOMMODATING LARGE NUMBERS OF ACFT IN SHORT AMOUNTS OF TIME. MY COMPLAINT IS TO THE FREEDOM GIVEN TO SMALL ACFT TO ENDANGER THE SAFETY LEVEL WHILE SEQUENCING JET ACFT. I DON'T CONSIDER THIS SIT AS UNSAFE BUT CONCERN SHOULD BE GIVEN TO MY COMMENTS IN THE PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH.

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.