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Den controller questioned tower position staffing assignments indicating controllers were not matched with position workloads.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 897590 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201007 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | DEN.Tower |
| State Reference | CO |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Local |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types |
Narrative:
This report is one of many that could be filed; as it happens often. It has to do with the mismanagement of staffing; causing a dangerous situation. For this one; all four locals were open. We were landing north on runway 35L/right; departing everything else. Wind came through with a storm and micro-bursts made the east side of the airport unusable. Local 1 was open for 30 minutes without talking to a single aircraft. Runway 25; which was the only responsibility of local 3 was also not being used for winds. During 1.5 hours; three aircraft departed that runway. All arrivals were landing 34R/left and all departures off the same runway. These were the responsibility of local 4 and ground 4. They handled several hundred aircraft without a coordinator position open; while 2 other local control positions just wasted staffing. The second that we were no longer departing runway 8; local 1 should have closed. At that time; that cpc should have opened cab coordinator on the west side to be extra set of eyes during a very busy and complicated session.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DEN Controller questioned Tower position staffing assignments indicating controllers were not matched with position workloads.
Narrative: This report is one of many that could be filed; as it happens often. It has to do with the mismanagement of staffing; causing a dangerous situation. For this one; all four locals were open. We were landing north on Runway 35L/R; departing everything else. Wind came through with a storm and micro-bursts made the east side of the airport unusable. Local 1 was open for 30 minutes without talking to a single aircraft. Runway 25; which was the only responsibility of Local 3 was also not being used for winds. During 1.5 hours; three aircraft departed that runway. All arrivals were landing 34R/L and all departures off the same runway. These were the responsibility of Local 4 and Ground 4. They handled several hundred aircraft without a coordinator position open; while 2 other Local Control positions just wasted staffing. The second that we were no longer departing Runway 8; Local 1 should have closed. At that time; that CPC should have opened Cab Coordinator on the west side to be extra set of eyes during a very busy and complicated session.
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.