Narrative:

I was giving instruction to my developmental on local control one position. A general aviation aircraft was arriving on runway 4R. The aircraft landed; and was at taxi speed. My developmental scanned the arrival runway and it appeared that the aircraft was going to exit at high speed juliet. My developmental then put another aircraft in position on runway 4L. I continued to watch the general aviation aircraft on 4R. The aircraft took their time on 4R and did not exit. There was another aircraft on short final for 4R. I waited to see if my developmental was going to send the arrival around. When the developmental did not take action; I asked him/her what he/she was going to do about the developing situation. The developmental sent the 4R arrival around and issued runway heading to the aircraft. There was also a departure rolling at the same time. The developmental then attempted to call the TRACON and advise them of the go around. Our departure SID turns the aircraft right to a heading of 060. With no instruction given to the departure I decided to take over the position. First I told the departure to fly runway heading; then I told the go around to turn right heading 080. I thought I issued the 080 heading to the go around; but after listening to the tapes; I had issued that instruction to another aircraft holding in position on runway 4R. My developmental had the departure/arrival strips in a confusing order which I believe was part of the problem. When I finally had the initial departure and go around separated; I turned to look back to scan my runways; and there was another aircraft rotating on runway 4L. This scared me tremendously because I had not cleared an aircraft for takeoff. I have been giving training on the local control one position for about several years at this facility. The developmental is at the point in training where I am trying to let him/her go further to see if he/she can correct problems. We have identified some problems with scan and techniques and we are working on them daily. I had the opportunity to listen to the tapes. Amongst the chaos of the general aviation not exiting the runway; having to send an aircraft around while another aircraft is rolling on the parallel; attempting to coordinate with the new york TRACON; I confused the call signs of the go around and the aircraft holding in position. I never issued a takeoff clearance to the aircraft holding in position. There was never any loss of separation during this incident. The staff has completed the pilot deviation package. This scenario has left me very shaken. Recommendation; I do not have any recommendations. I believe that this situation would not have occurred if: my developmental had a better scanning technique; I did not wait as long to take over the position; I did not confuse the call signs of the go-around and the departure holding in position; and the pilot did not depart without a departure clearance.

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Title: EWR controller described a confused training period involving a late go around; wrong departure heading instruction; a take over of the position and an unauthorized take off.

Narrative: I was giving instruction to my Developmental on Local Control One position. A general aviation aircraft was arriving on Runway 4R. The aircraft landed; and was at taxi speed. My Developmental scanned the arrival runway and it appeared that the aircraft was going to exit at high speed Juliet. My Developmental then put another aircraft in position on Runway 4L. I continued to watch the general aviation aircraft on 4R. The aircraft took their time on 4R and did not exit. There was another aircraft on short final for 4R. I waited to see if my Developmental was going to send the arrival around. When the Developmental did not take action; I asked him/her what he/she was going to do about the developing situation. The Developmental sent the 4R arrival around and issued runway heading to the aircraft. There was also a departure rolling at the same time. The Developmental then attempted to call the TRACON and advise them of the go around. Our departure SID turns the aircraft right to a heading of 060. With no instruction given to the departure I decided to take over the position. First I told the departure to fly runway heading; then I told the go around to turn right heading 080. I thought I issued the 080 heading to the go around; but after listening to the tapes; I had issued that instruction to another aircraft holding in position on Runway 4R. My Developmental had the departure/arrival strips in a confusing order which I believe was part of the problem. When I finally had the initial departure and go around separated; I turned to look back to scan my runways; and there was another aircraft rotating on Runway 4L. This scared me tremendously because I had not cleared an aircraft for takeoff. I have been giving training on the Local Control One position for about several years at this facility. The Developmental is at the point in training where I am trying to let him/her go further to see if he/she can correct problems. We have identified some problems with scan and techniques and we are working on them daily. I had the opportunity to listen to the tapes. Amongst the chaos of the general aviation not exiting the runway; having to send an aircraft around while another aircraft is rolling on the parallel; attempting to coordinate with the New York TRACON; I confused the call signs of the go around and the aircraft holding in position. I never issued a takeoff clearance to the aircraft holding in position. There was never any loss of separation during this incident. The staff has completed the pilot deviation package. This scenario has left me very shaken. Recommendation; I do not have any recommendations. I believe that this situation would not have occurred if: my Developmental had a better scanning technique; I did not wait as long to take over the position; I did not confuse the call signs of the go-around and the departure holding in position; and the pilot did not depart without a departure clearance.

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.