Pns controller concerned with proposed changes to the pns TRACON tower LOA, which is perceived by co...

Narrative:

The FAA is proposing a change to the LOA between pensacola TRACON and pensacola tower. The intent of the change is to remove the airspace delegated to pensacola tower. This delegation of airspace allows the tower controllers the ability to vector aircraft when necessary to ensure separation exists between aircraft involved in clbouts from practice approachs, and also between departure aircraft and those on final to a nearby military airport that the departures must fly through. Pensacola regional airport was the location of over 10000 military practice approachs last yr. If the FAA is successful imposing the new LOA and removing the tower's delegated airspace, these military aviators will have to seek their training elsewhere. The new LOA will also cause lengthy delays to the commercial operations at pensacola regional airport. Instead of being able to vector departure aircraft to a specific point at a specific time, the tower controllers will be reduced to relaying departure instructions from the approach controllers to the aircraft. Since the tower controllers will no longer be radar qualified, the pensacola TRACON controllers will have to, in many runway configns build large gaps in the arrival pattern to npa to allow the departures off pns to take off. Since the military is not required to reduce training to accommodate the departures off pns, delays could be lengthy.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PNS CTLR CONCERNED WITH PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE PNS TRACON TWR LOA, WHICH IS PERCEIVED BY CTLR TO BE MORE RESTRICTIVE TO EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF AIRSPACE.

Narrative: THE FAA IS PROPOSING A CHANGE TO THE LOA BTWN PENSACOLA TRACON AND PENSACOLA TWR. THE INTENT OF THE CHANGE IS TO REMOVE THE AIRSPACE DELEGATED TO PENSACOLA TWR. THIS DELEGATION OF AIRSPACE ALLOWS THE TWR CTLRS THE ABILITY TO VECTOR ACFT WHEN NECESSARY TO ENSURE SEPARATION EXISTS BTWN ACFT INVOLVED IN CLBOUTS FROM PRACTICE APCHS, AND ALSO BTWN DEP ACFT AND THOSE ON FINAL TO A NEARBY MIL ARPT THAT THE DEPS MUST FLY THROUGH. PENSACOLA REGIONAL ARPT WAS THE LOCATION OF OVER 10000 MIL PRACTICE APCHS LAST YR. IF THE FAA IS SUCCESSFUL IMPOSING THE NEW LOA AND REMOVING THE TWR'S DELEGATED AIRSPACE, THESE MIL AVIATORS WILL HAVE TO SEEK THEIR TRAINING ELSEWHERE. THE NEW LOA WILL ALSO CAUSE LENGTHY DELAYS TO THE COMMERCIAL OPS AT PENSACOLA REGIONAL ARPT. INSTEAD OF BEING ABLE TO VECTOR DEP ACFT TO A SPECIFIC POINT AT A SPECIFIC TIME, THE TWR CTLRS WILL BE REDUCED TO RELAYING DEP INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE APCH CTLRS TO THE ACFT. SINCE THE TWR CTLRS WILL NO LONGER BE RADAR QUALIFIED, THE PENSACOLA TRACON CTLRS WILL HAVE TO, IN MANY RWY CONFIGNS BUILD LARGE GAPS IN THE ARR PATTERN TO NPA TO ALLOW THE DEPS OFF PNS TO TAKE OFF. SINCE THE MIL IS NOT REQUIRED TO REDUCE TRAINING TO ACCOMMODATE THE DEPS OFF PNS, DELAYS COULD BE LENGTHY.

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	595672
Time
Date	200309
Day	Mon
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : p31.tracon
State Reference	FL
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller limited radar : 3 controller non radar : 3 controller radar : 10 controller time certified in position1 : 10 controller time certified in position2 : 6
ASRS Report	595672
Events
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance FAA
Primary Problem	FAA

Pns controller concerned with proposed changes to the pns TRACON tower LOA, which is perceived by controller to be more restrictive to effective utilization of airspace.