Recleared to land on 30R at sjc so a business jet could land on the left; the flight crew of a B-737...

Attributes
ACN	945829
Time
Date	201104
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	SJC.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 161 Flight Crew Type 7500
Person 2
Function	First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 287 Flight Crew Type 8000
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

We were cleared to land on 30L in sjc and then the clearance was changed to land on 30R. The tower was going to land a corporate jet on 30L. The tower pointed out the traffic to us and we picked up the traffic and the clearance to land on 30R was given. The corporate traffic was turning a left base to 30L and we were straight into 30R. They made a nice turn on to final and the spacing was fine. On a short final; we were catching up to them and we got an RA to climb. Since we had the traffic off to our left; the spacing was fine. I canted off to the right a little bit and we continued in for landing on 30R with no other problems. The tower thanked us for helping out. In our minds it didn't seem right. Lessons learned; that is for sure.I don't think the tower should be giving this clearance when they know spacing might be an issue. It is close runways for 30L and 30R. I should have just done a go-around and complied with the RA or requested something different to get the spacing. I knew that the RA was the other jet; the tower said it was but you never know. Like in sfo; on a visual to the west runways; you select TA only. Maybe that needs to be the case here if the tower keeps issuing these clearances.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Recleared to land on 30R at SJC so a business jet could land on the left; the flight crew of a B-737 received a TCAS RA; but opted to continue and land; assuming the TCAS traffic was the aircraft which they had in sight. Flight crew were later remorseful for failing to follow SOP and respond to the RA.

Narrative: We were cleared to land on 30L in SJC and then the clearance was changed to land on 30R. The Tower was going to land a corporate jet on 30L. The Tower pointed out the traffic to us and we picked up the traffic and the clearance to land on 30R was given. The corporate traffic was turning a left base to 30L and we were straight into 30R. They made a nice turn on to final and the spacing was fine. On a short final; we were catching up to them and we got an RA to climb. Since we had the traffic off to our left; the spacing was fine. I canted off to the right a little bit and we continued in for landing on 30R with no other problems. The Tower thanked us for helping out. In our minds it didn't seem right. Lessons learned; that is for sure.I don't think the Tower should be giving this clearance when they know spacing might be an issue. It is close runways for 30L and 30R. I should have just done a go-around and complied with the RA or requested something different to get the spacing. I knew that the RA was the other jet; the Tower said it was but you never know. Like in SFO; on a visual to the west runways; you select TA only. Maybe that needs to be the case here if the Tower keeps issuing these clearances.

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.