Narrative:

Upon my initial report at altamont pass; lvk ATC had cleared me; 'straight in runway 25R; report 4 miles final.' I reported 4 miles final; they acknowledged and I continued inbound. There was a great deal of radio chatter with pilots and controller talking over each other and not waiting for aircraft to respond. Numerous pilots were issuing excessive long-winded transmissions. After my 4 mile report; tower suddenly requested that I switch to runway 25L. I requested 25R again; the longer runway; for which I was now 2-3 miles final. Tower repeated 25L and started asking questions of me while also issuing commands to other aircraft. Rather than launching into explanations and entering a negotiation with the tower on a congested radio frequency I simply requested 25R again. Tower refused; and I side stepped to the left runway reading back 'runway 25L.' just then; a cirrus rounded base to final 25R less than a half mile ahead of me. As I was landing 25L; tower seemed to have no idea where I actually was because as I was flaring on 25L. They were reporting me to other traffic as short final 25L and tower continued to report me as short final as I rolled down the runway. As I turned off on taxiway G to the north; tower never acknowledged my turn off; nor did they tell me to hold short 25R. In the meantime; a landing aircraft had to make a missed approach because tower had positioned another aircraft in front of them for landing; cutting them off; similar to what tower had done to me with the cirrus; except this incident was evidently closer to the ground. I reported to the tower that I was holding short 25R at G. I had to wait an inordinate time as tower; obviously confused; started issuing frequency changes to second tower frequency; amending instructions; asking aircraft where they are; and telling at least one to remain outside class D. After prompting them during a moment of radio silence; tower finally cleared me to cross 25R. After crossing; I had to repeat my taxi request to ground three times before ground understood. Ground should have comprehended where I wanted to go when I said 'clear 25R at G; taxi to fuel.' this type of radio confusion is pretty typical for livermore tower. Over the years; I've experienced and witnessed numerous incidents. Tower has forgotten which runway they had cleared me to land; later playing the tape and admitted fault. They've requested I turn head-on into oncoming traffic and I have often heard them getting mouthy and congesting the frequency while chastising pilots and making snide remarks.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Single pilot landing LVK described a very confused event on the part of ATC; indicating the Controller was not aware of their location and repeatedly demonstrated continued confusion.

Narrative: Upon my initial report at Altamont Pass; LVK ATC had cleared me; 'straight in Runway 25R; report 4 miles final.' I reported 4 miles final; they acknowledged and I continued inbound. There was a great deal of radio chatter with pilots and Controller talking over each other and not waiting for aircraft to respond. Numerous pilots were issuing excessive long-winded transmissions. After my 4 mile report; Tower suddenly requested that I switch to Runway 25L. I requested 25R again; the longer runway; for which I was now 2-3 miles final. Tower repeated 25L and started asking questions of me while also issuing commands to other aircraft. Rather than launching into explanations and entering a negotiation with the Tower on a congested radio frequency I simply requested 25R again. Tower refused; and I side stepped to the left runway reading back 'Runway 25L.' Just then; a Cirrus rounded base to final 25R less than a half mile ahead of me. As I was landing 25L; Tower seemed to have no idea where I actually was because as I was flaring on 25L. They were reporting me to other traffic as short final 25L and Tower continued to report me as short final as I rolled down the runway. As I turned off on Taxiway G to the north; Tower never acknowledged my turn off; nor did they tell me to hold short 25R. In the meantime; a landing aircraft had to make a missed approach because Tower had positioned another aircraft in front of them for landing; cutting them off; similar to what Tower had done to me with the Cirrus; except this incident was evidently closer to the ground. I reported to the Tower that I was holding short 25R at G. I had to wait an inordinate time as Tower; obviously confused; started issuing frequency changes to second Tower frequency; amending instructions; asking aircraft where they are; and telling at least one to remain outside Class D. After prompting them during a moment of radio silence; Tower finally cleared me to cross 25R. After crossing; I had to repeat my taxi request to Ground three times before Ground understood. Ground should have comprehended where I wanted to go when I said 'clear 25R at G; taxi to fuel.' This type of radio confusion is pretty typical for Livermore Tower. Over the years; I've experienced and witnessed numerous incidents. Tower has forgotten which runway they had cleared me to land; later playing the tape and admitted fault. They've requested I turn head-on into oncoming traffic and I have often heard them getting mouthy and congesting the frequency while chastising pilots and making snide remarks.

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.