L30 controller expressed concern regarding new facility policy requiring 30 degree turn to final dur...

Attributes
ACN	698605
Time
Date	200605
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : l30.artcc
State Reference	NV
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
ASRS Report	698605
Events
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	FAA
Primary Problem	FAA
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : l30.tracon

Narrative:

The facility has forced us to use a 30 degree intercept to have airplanes follow another aircraft for a straight in visual approach. It appears that this 'order' is an absolute. This is a disaster waiting to happen. We have received no training on this procedure. Our procedures do not allow this to happen; our aarte rate is too high to conduct this type of operation. We are restricted runway operations because of construction and there is no out.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: L30 CTLR EXPRESSED CONCERN REGARDING NEW FAC POLICY REQUIRING 30 DEGREE TURN TO FINAL DURING VISUAL APPROACHES.

Narrative: THE FACILITY HAS FORCED US TO USE A 30 DEG INTERCEPT TO HAVE AIRPLANES FOLLOW ANOTHER ACFT FOR A STRAIGHT IN VISUAL APCH. IT APPEARS THAT THIS 'ORDER' IS AN ABSOLUTE. THIS IS A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO TRAINING ON THIS PROC. OUR PROCS DO NOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN; OUR AARTE RATE IS TOO HIGH TO CONDUCT THIS TYPE OF OP. WE ARE RESTRICTED RWY OPS BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION AND THERE IS NO OUT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.

L30 controller expressed concern regarding new facility policy requiring 30 degree turn to final during visual approaches.