Narrative:

I was working combined arrival and departure for nse. The LOA between P31 and nse allows nse to enter VFR proposed departures in the ARTS tab of the departure controller. No flight plan is generated; there is no activation; and no call for release by LOA. Nse; by LOA; is supposed to call departure if an aircraft fails to acquire on the radar. Nse tower almost always fails to make this call when the aircraft do not acquire. Also; many aircraft come up on the wrong code and/or have their call sign typed in incorrectly by the nse tower controller. When working radar departure today; I called nse to ask the identify of an aircraft that had departed nse and was 4 mi north of the airport. They guessed at the call sign and told me the wrong one. This caused me much confusion and; added to the large number of arrs and departures that I was working; caused unnecessary distraction. The nse controllers are not capable of correctly identing aircraft that have just departed; and they often enter the wrong call signs and/or other information in the data block. The current procedure does not comply with 7110.65 requirements for radar identing departures. There is no activation (either automated or manual); and the only way that the departure controller is supposed to know that a departure is coming off the airport is that the call sign is entered (hopefully) in his tab list. This is not a departure tab list or a rundown list; but just the regular ARTS tab list that may have 20 aircraft in it. These aircraft fail to acquire numerous times per hour. The situation has been repeatedly brought to FAA facility management; but they choose to look the other way and do nothing about it.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: P31 CTLR EXPRESSED CONCERN REGARDING ADJACENT MILFAC THAT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH LOA PROCS.

Narrative: I WAS WORKING COMBINED ARR AND DEP FOR NSE. THE LOA BTWN P31 AND NSE ALLOWS NSE TO ENTER VFR PROPOSED DEPS IN THE ARTS TAB OF THE DEP CTLR. NO FLT PLAN IS GENERATED; THERE IS NO ACTIVATION; AND NO CALL FOR RELEASE BY LOA. NSE; BY LOA; IS SUPPOSED TO CALL DEP IF AN ACFT FAILS TO ACQUIRE ON THE RADAR. NSE TWR ALMOST ALWAYS FAILS TO MAKE THIS CALL WHEN THE ACFT DO NOT ACQUIRE. ALSO; MANY ACFT COME UP ON THE WRONG CODE AND/OR HAVE THEIR CALL SIGN TYPED IN INCORRECTLY BY THE NSE TWR CTLR. WHEN WORKING RADAR DEP TODAY; I CALLED NSE TO ASK THE IDENT OF AN ACFT THAT HAD DEPARTED NSE AND WAS 4 MI N OF THE ARPT. THEY GUESSED AT THE CALL SIGN AND TOLD ME THE WRONG ONE. THIS CAUSED ME MUCH CONFUSION AND; ADDED TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF ARRS AND DEPS THAT I WAS WORKING; CAUSED UNNECESSARY DISTR. THE NSE CTLRS ARE NOT CAPABLE OF CORRECTLY IDENTING ACFT THAT HAVE JUST DEPARTED; AND THEY OFTEN ENTER THE WRONG CALL SIGNS AND/OR OTHER INFO IN THE DATA BLOCK. THE CURRENT PROC DOES NOT COMPLY WITH 7110.65 REQUIREMENTS FOR RADAR IDENTING DEPS. THERE IS NO ACTIVATION (EITHER AUTOMATED OR MANUAL); AND THE ONLY WAY THAT THE DEP CTLR IS SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT A DEP IS COMING OFF THE ARPT IS THAT THE CALL SIGN IS ENTERED (HOPEFULLY) IN HIS TAB LIST. THIS IS NOT A DEP TAB LIST OR A RUNDOWN LIST; BUT JUST THE REGULAR ARTS TAB LIST THAT MAY HAVE 20 ACFT IN IT. THESE ACFT FAIL TO ACQUIRE NUMEROUS TIMES PER HR. THE SITUATION HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY BROUGHT TO FAA FACILITY MGMNT; BUT THEY CHOOSE TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY AND DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.

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.