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Reporter claims arriving traffic to lax are being assigned runways that are near their gate locations.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 405423 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199806 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : lax artcc : pgua |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller military : 4 controller non radar : 2 controller radar : 22 |
| ASRS Report | 405423 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
The way aircraft are sequenced to lax is hazardous. Just for the sake of parking, aircraft are vectored over and under each other 7-15 mi east of lax. This results in pilots being forced into visual approachs, wake turbulence, and above GS. This is considered the norm at lax. Pilots receive as many as 3 runway changes within 25 mi regardless of the WX. There is no need for these xovers. The txwys at lax expedite traffic on the ground. We are compromising safety by forcing aircraft to stay high, or low and force them into a bad situation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RPTR CLAIMS ARRIVING TFC TO LAX ARE BEING ASSIGNED RWYS THAT ARE NEAR THEIR GATE LOCATIONS.
Narrative: THE WAY ACFT ARE SEQUENCED TO LAX IS HAZARDOUS. JUST FOR THE SAKE OF PARKING, ACFT ARE VECTORED OVER AND UNDER EACH OTHER 7-15 MI E OF LAX. THIS RESULTS IN PLTS BEING FORCED INTO VISUAL APCHS, WAKE TURB, AND ABOVE GS. THIS IS CONSIDERED THE NORM AT LAX. PLTS RECEIVE AS MANY AS 3 RWY CHANGES WITHIN 25 MI REGARDLESS OF THE WX. THERE IS NO NEED FOR THESE XOVERS. THE TXWYS AT LAX EXPEDITE TFC ON THE GND. WE ARE COMPROMISING SAFETY BY FORCING ACFT TO STAY HIGH, OR LOW AND FORCE THEM INTO A BAD SIT.
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.