Flight complaint about extended outage of ord VOR.

Attributes
ACN	96307
Time
Date	198810
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ord
State Reference	IL
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zau tracon : ord
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Route In Use	arrival other departure other
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	96307
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	other personnel other
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Navigational Facility
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Navigational Aid	Unspecified

Narrative:

I am using this format to address a continuing unsafe situation that continues to occur in the ord vicinity. The situation is the ord VOR 113.9 being off the air for protracted (many weeks) periods. This situation is causing increased radio traffic as controllers scramble to vector aircraft due the lack of intxns and fixes which are predicated off ord VOR. This is also increasing the amount of heads down time in the cockpit to search for unfamiliar radials and fixes to make up for unusable published fixes. Obviously the corrective actin is to get the ord VOR operating again and expedite repairs on VOR's of primary importance in the arwy system.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT COMPLAINT ABOUT EXTENDED OUTAGE OF ORD VOR.

Narrative: I AM USING THIS FORMAT TO ADDRESS A CONTINUING UNSAFE SITUATION THAT CONTINUES TO OCCUR IN THE ORD VICINITY. THE SITUATION IS THE ORD VOR 113.9 BEING OFF THE AIR FOR PROTRACTED (MANY WKS) PERIODS. THIS SITUATION IS CAUSING INCREASED RADIO TFC AS CTLRS SCRAMBLE TO VECTOR ACFT DUE THE LACK OF INTXNS AND FIXES WHICH ARE PREDICATED OFF ORD VOR. THIS IS ALSO INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF HEADS DOWN TIME IN THE COCKPIT TO SEARCH FOR UNFAMILIAR RADIALS AND FIXES TO MAKE UP FOR UNUSABLE PUBLISHED FIXES. OBVIOUSLY THE CORRECTIVE ACTIN IS TO GET THE ORD VOR OPERATING AGAIN AND EXPEDITE REPAIRS ON VOR'S OF PRIMARY IMPORTANCE IN THE ARWY SYS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.