Reporter situation of alleged instructions for reporter to not complain about any procedure piece of...

Narrative:

It is well known throughout the savannah, GA, air traffic facility that I have submitted several NASA reports on the poor equipment/maintenance at this facility. I have been instructed not to complain about any procedure/piece of equipment, no matter how safety related it is. Furthermore, I believe, that I am receiving disciplinary action as a result of my whistle-blowing tactics. The entire facility's morale is at an all-time low, the facility is short-staffed, and management is reluctant to call in overtime. Management feels that it can threaten the controller work force with disciplinary action, in order to maintain silence on any safety related matter. It's almost ironic that the facility's operation log(south) for the time period of apr/tue/97 through may/sun/97 contain more entries for equipment failure(south)/malfunction(south) than I can remember.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RPTR SIT OF ALLEGED INSTRUCTIONS FOR RPTR TO NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT ANY PROC PIECE OF EQUIP NO MATTER HOW SAFETY RELATED IT IS. RPTR BELIEVES RPTR IS RECEIVING DISCIPLINARY ACTION AS THE RESULT OF WHISTLE BLOWING TACTICS.

Narrative: IT IS WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE SAVANNAH, GA, AIR TFC FACILITY THAT I HAVE SUBMITTED SEVERAL NASA RPTS ON THE POOR EQUIP/MAINT AT THIS FACILITY. I HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED NOT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT ANY PROC/PIECE OF EQUIP, NO MATTER HOW SAFETY RELATED IT IS. FURTHERMORE, I BELIEVE, THAT I AM RECEIVING DISCIPLINARY ACTION AS A RESULT OF MY WHISTLE-BLOWING TACTICS. THE ENTIRE FACILITY'S MORALE IS AT AN ALL-TIME LOW, THE FACILITY IS SHORT-STAFFED, AND MGMNT IS RELUCTANT TO CALL IN OVERTIME. MGMNT FEELS THAT IT CAN THREATEN THE CTLR WORK FORCE WITH DISCIPLINARY ACTION, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN SILENCE ON ANY SAFETY RELATED MATTER. IT'S ALMOST IRONIC THAT THE FACILITY'S OP LOG(S) FOR THE TIME PERIOD OF APR/TUE/97 THROUGH MAY/SUN/97 CONTAIN MORE ENTRIES FOR EQUIP FAILURE(S)/MALFUNCTION(S) THAN I CAN REMEMBER.

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.

Attributes
ACN	367672
Time
Date	199705
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : sav
State Reference	GA
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller military : 6 controller radar : 8
ASRS Report	367672
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified

Reporter situation of alleged instructions for reporter to not complain about any procedure piece of equipment no matter how safety related it is. Reporter believes reporter is receiving disciplinary action as the result of whistle blowing tactics.