Despite repeated reminders of an aircraft on short final and flare; a local controller repeatedly cl...

Narrative:

The tower issued a landing clearance on runway xxr as our aircraft turned base following an air carrier 737. We were instructed to reduce to our final approach speed for sequencing with that traffic. The first officer confirmed the clearance and turned the landing lights on (personal pet peeve that I will not turn the lights on until cleared to land).as we were on a half mile final; another 737 holding short of the runway was cleared for takeoff. The pilot of the 737 said; 'are you sure about that.' the controller repeated; 'air carrier Y; you are cleared for takeoff runway xxr.' the pilot then replied; 'what about that pilatus over the numbers?' the controller again replied; 'air carrier Y; runway xxr cleared for takeoff.'at this point I was in the flare on runway xxr; but believed the controller had lost situational awareness and elected to go around as she had apparently forgotten about our aircraft and was not listening to the air carrier Y crew; who would not accept their takeoff clearance with us on the runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Despite repeated reminders of an aircraft on short final and flare; a Local Controller repeatedly cleared an air carrier B-737 for takeoff. The reporter executed a missed approach out of the flare when the last takeoff clearance was given and rejected.

Narrative: The Tower issued a landing clearance on Runway XXR as our aircraft turned base following an air carrier 737. We were instructed to reduce to our final approach speed for sequencing with that traffic. The First Officer confirmed the clearance and turned the landing lights on (personal pet peeve that I will not turn the lights on until cleared to land).As we were on a half mile final; another 737 holding short of the runway was cleared for takeoff. The pilot of the 737 said; 'Are you sure about that.' The Controller repeated; 'Air Carrier Y; you are cleared for takeoff Runway XXR.' The pilot then replied; 'What about that Pilatus over the numbers?' The Controller again replied; 'Air Carrier Y; Runway XXR cleared for takeoff.'At this point I was in the flare on Runway XXR; but believed the Controller had lost situational awareness and elected to go around as she had apparently forgotten about our aircraft and was not listening to the Air Carrier Y crew; who would not accept their takeoff clearance with us on the runway.

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	967053
Time
Date	201108
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PC-12
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe

Despite repeated reminders of an aircraft on short final and flare; a local controller repeatedly cleared an air carrier B-737 for takeoff. The reporter executed a missed approach out of the flare when the last takeoff clearance was given and rejected.