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Approach controller says the traffic management coordinator (tmc) announced that tower would start a flush of departure traffic and all arrs were to be for runway 27. The tmc did not take any action to meter the inbound traffic and for 30 mins the approach controllers were put in a stressful situation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 341470 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199607 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bos |
| State Reference | MA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : bos |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 14 |
| ASRS Report | 341470 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| 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:
At XX00Z the traffic management coordinator announced that tower was commencing a departure flush and that all arrs will go to runway 27 (we were landing runways 22L and 27). That's all well and fine. However, the traffic management coordinator did not take any action to meter the arrival flow to runway 27 which caused an overflow of aircraft to the final vector position. It took nearly a half hour to get the airspace orderly but during that half hour the entire TRACON was put in a dangerously stressful situation. This is a daily occurrence at lucky logan.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: APCH CTLR SAYS THE TFC MGMNT COORDINATOR (TMC) ANNOUNCED THAT TWR WOULD START A FLUSH OF DEP TFC AND ALL ARRS WERE TO BE FOR RWY 27. THE TMC DID NOT TAKE ANY ACTION TO METER THE INBOUND TFC AND FOR 30 MINS THE APCH CTLRS WERE PUT IN A STRESSFUL SIT.
Narrative: AT XX00Z THE TFC MGMNT COORDINATOR ANNOUNCED THAT TWR WAS COMMENCING A DEP FLUSH AND THAT ALL ARRS WILL GO TO RWY 27 (WE WERE LNDG RWYS 22L AND 27). THAT'S ALL WELL AND FINE. HOWEVER, THE TFC MGMNT COORDINATOR DID NOT TAKE ANY ACTION TO METER THE ARR FLOW TO RWY 27 WHICH CAUSED AN OVERFLOW OF ACFT TO THE FINAL VECTOR POS. IT TOOK NEARLY A HALF HR TO GET THE AIRSPACE ORDERLY BUT DURING THAT HALF HR THE ENTIRE TRACON WAS PUT IN A DANGEROUSLY STRESSFUL SIT. THIS IS A DAILY OCCURRENCE AT LUCKY LOGAN.
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.