An air carrier captain took umbrage at an approach controller's refusal to facilitate avoidance of a...

Narrative:

Good weather around phl except for one small cell 3 miles outside the FAF for runway 27R. We asked for a vector to final to avoid the cell; but were told 'not if you want to land at philly'. The controller advised everyone else was going through the cell. We followed her vector into the cell; against my better judgment. While in the cell we received a windshear alert with loss in excess of 40 KTS of airspeed and initiated a go around. After recovery; the controller began vectoring us back around into the same cell. She made no report of the event to following flights. Other flights asked about the event; but she did not once notify them. She then told us she was vectoring us to our alternate when we declined being vectored back into a microburst event. The controller's actions were a willful and reckless endangerment of thousands of lives in the 10 minutes we were on her frequency. She was only interested in moving traffic at total disregard for any safety. This controller is unsafe; in addition to unprofessional.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier Captain took umbrage at an Approach Controller's refusal to facilitate avoidance of a thunderstorm cell in the arrival routing to PHL. A windshear warning and escape maneuver from within the cell resulted.

Narrative: Good weather around PHL except for one small cell 3 miles outside the FAF for Runway 27R. We asked for a vector to final to avoid the cell; but were told 'not if you want to land at Philly'. The Controller advised everyone else was going through the cell. We followed her vector into the cell; against my better judgment. While in the cell we received a windshear alert with loss in excess of 40 KTS of airspeed and initiated a go around. After recovery; the Controller began vectoring us back around into the same cell. She made no report of the event to following flights. Other flights asked about the event; but she did not once notify them. She then told us she was vectoring us to our alternate when we declined being vectored back into a microburst event. The Controller's actions were a willful and reckless endangerment of thousands of lives in the 10 minutes we were on her frequency. She was only interested in moving traffic at total disregard for any safety. This Controller is unsafe; in addition to unprofessional.

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	949913
Time
Date	201105
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	PHL.Airport
State Reference	PA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	McDonnell Douglas Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 6000
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

An air carrier captain took umbrage at an approach controller's refusal to facilitate avoidance of a thunderstorm cell in the arrival routing to phl. A windshear warning and escape maneuver from within the cell resulted.