An air traffic controller working military traffic; which caused a conflict with an air carrier on t...

Narrative:

Cleared to descend on the FILBO2 arrival; altitude approximately 24;000 ft; STAR calls to be at or above FL200 at dupont; center directed us to expedite descent through FL200. If we did we would have been through 20;000 ft well before dupont. I responded that we were restricted to at or above FL200 at dupont. She said; 'I don't give a rats you-know-what; I got a photo mission at your 11 o'clock; FL200 I'm not talking to and an F-16 climbing at your 1 o'clock. Descend and maintain FL190.' I responded; 'understand cancel clearance to descend via the FILBO2; cleared to descend to and maintain FL190; expediting.' her unprofessionalism goes without saying. But more importantly; there was an urgent situation developing and she didn't know how to handle it in a timely manner.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Air Traffic Controller working military traffic; which caused a conflict with an air carrier on the DCA FILBO2 STAR. To resolve the conflict the Controller issued a terse clearance revision to the air carrier crew following the STAR descent profile.

Narrative: Cleared to descend on the FILBO2 arrival; altitude approximately 24;000 FT; STAR calls to be at or above FL200 at DUPONT; center directed us to expedite descent THROUGH FL200. If we did we would have been through 20;000 FT well before DUPONT. I responded that we were restricted to at or above FL200 at DUPONT. She said; 'I don't give a rats you-know-what; I got a photo mission at your 11 o'clock; FL200 I'm not talking to and an F-16 climbing at your 1 o'clock. Descend and maintain FL190.' I responded; 'understand cancel clearance to descend via the FILBO2; cleared to descend to and maintain FL190; expediting.' Her unprofessionalism goes without saying. But more importantly; there was an urgent situation developing and she didn't know how to handle it in a timely manner.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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	844082
Time
Date	200907
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZDC.ARTCC
State Reference	VA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	STAR FILBO 2
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

An air traffic controller working military traffic; which caused a conflict with an air carrier on the dca FILBO2 STAR. To resolve the conflict the controller issued a terse clearance revision to the air carrier crew following the STAR descent profile.