Sav local control concerned with how and where control position are combined on a specific day.

Attributes
ACN	530599
Time
Date	200111
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sav.airport
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : radar
ASRS Report	530599
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : ground
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Environmental Factor FAA ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : sav.tower staffing : sav.tower

Narrative:

On nov/sun/01 the tower configuration was clearance delivery/controller in charge/ground control was combined at the ground control position and local control by itself. This configuration was delegated from the supervisor, which was not conducive for the tower operations. The ground controller was occupied with clearance delivery/ground control duties that he was not able to observe all local controller responsibilities, which his responsibility as controller in charge. The supervisor was not observing the tower operations to know the towers need to have a separate ground controller. Solution: give the tower controller in charge the authority to combine and de-combine position. This is a safety issue because ground controller was moving planes, crossing runways, giving VFR and IFR flight plans and doing ATIS. Secondly, we needed more staffing that day. ATC org did advise management in advance that because aviation club was having a convention in florida that we needed to treat our staffing as if it was an airshow (which was proven true by our traffic count), but management chose to ignore.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SAV LC CONCERNED WITH HOW AND WHERE CTL POS ARE COMBINED ON A SPECIFIC DAY.

Narrative: ON NOV/SUN/01 THE TWR CONFIGURATION WAS CD/CIC/GC WAS COMBINED AT THE GND CTL POS AND LCL CTL BY ITSELF. THIS CONFIGURATION WAS DELEGATED FROM THE SUPVR, WHICH WAS NOT CONDUCIVE FOR THE TWR OPS. THE GND CTLR WAS OCCUPIED WITH CD/GC DUTIES THAT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO OBSERVE ALL LCL CTLR RESPONSIBILITIES, WHICH HIS RESPONSIBILITY AS CIC. THE SUPVR WAS NOT OBSERVING THE TWR OPS TO KNOW THE TWRS NEED TO HAVE A SEPARATE GND CTLR. SOLUTION: GIVE THE TWR CIC THE AUTHORITY TO COMBINE AND DE-COMBINE POS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE GND CTLR WAS MOVING PLANES, CROSSING RWYS, GIVING VFR AND IFR FLT PLANS AND DOING ATIS. SECONDLY, WE NEEDED MORE STAFFING THAT DAY. ATC ORG DID ADVISE MGMNT IN ADVANCE THAT BECAUSE AVIATION CLUB WAS HAVING A CONVENTION IN FLORIDA THAT WE NEEDED TO TREAT OUR STAFFING AS IF IT WAS AN AIRSHOW (WHICH WAS PROVEN TRUE BY OUR TFC COUNT), BUT MGMNT CHOSE TO IGNORE.

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.