Dhc-8 crew expressed concern due to excessive traffic at lga.

Attributes
ACN	491622
Time
Date	200011
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lga.airport
State Reference	NY
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : lga.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Dash 8 Series Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : takeoff descent : approach ground : position and hold ground : pushback ground : takeoff roll ground : taxi ground : parked landing : roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 5500
ASRS Report	491622
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine
Events
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	FAA Airport
Primary Problem	FAA
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : lga.comrdo
Airport	procedure or policy : lga.airport

Narrative:

Lga airport is many accidents waiting to happen. Ground control: 1) too many airplanes. 2) overloaded frequencys. 3)airplanes block other airplanes' radio calls, because airplanes are parked at gates and cannot hear when other airplanes are transmitting. 4) controllers block airplane calls, and airplanes block controllers' calls because of capacity overload. 5) controllers talk too fast, are not clear, and then they bad mouth pilots for not complying or asking them to repeat. 6) total chaos! In air: 1) aircraft constantly taking off and landing in the wakes of other aircraft (ie, departing runway 31 and lnd runway 22). 2) landing in strong xwinds just to try to keep traffic flow moving. 3) controllers rushing pilots on the ground and in the air. 4) numerous blocked radio calls. This place is a big disaster just waiting to happen. Traffic should be cut back by a large percentage!!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DHC-8 CREW EXPRESSED CONCERN DUE TO EXCESSIVE TFC AT LGA.

Narrative: LGA ARPT IS MANY ACCIDENTS WAITING TO HAPPEN. GND CTL: 1) TOO MANY AIRPLANES. 2) OVERLOADED FREQS. 3)AIRPLANES BLOCK OTHER AIRPLANES' RADIO CALLS, BECAUSE AIRPLANES ARE PARKED AT GATES AND CANNOT HEAR WHEN OTHER AIRPLANES ARE XMITTING. 4) CTLRS BLOCK AIRPLANE CALLS, AND AIRPLANES BLOCK CTLRS' CALLS BECAUSE OF CAPACITY OVERLOAD. 5) CTLRS TALK TOO FAST, ARE NOT CLEAR, AND THEN THEY BAD MOUTH PLTS FOR NOT COMPLYING OR ASKING THEM TO REPEAT. 6) TOTAL CHAOS! IN AIR: 1) ACFT CONSTANTLY TAKING OFF AND LNDG IN THE WAKES OF OTHER ACFT (IE, DEPARTING RWY 31 AND LND RWY 22). 2) LNDG IN STRONG XWINDS JUST TO TRY TO KEEP TFC FLOW MOVING. 3) CTLRS RUSHING PLTS ON THE GND AND IN THE AIR. 4) NUMEROUS BLOCKED RADIO CALLS. THIS PLACE IS A BIG DISASTER JUST WAITING TO HAPPEN. TFC SHOULD BE CUT BACK BY A LARGE PERCENTAGE!!

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.