Narrative:

I was working ar-a. I was waiting for my first airplane. Atl was on an east operation; 8L; 9R; 10; ILS-prm's advertised; monitor controllers in place. A recently certified controller was working ar-V. Weather was FEW004 BKN012; vis 10+. Ar-V was able to get his aircraft to see other aircraft in turns from downwind to base. He would clear them for visual approaches. He continued to vector for visual approaches even after the monitor controllers told him about the weather. They told him several times the weather wasn't good. The worst part of him vectoring was he when turning in too early for 8L; aircraft X getting within 3 miles of aircraft Y on the 9R final. At least one time he tagged the aircraft as on the visual approach before he actually reported the traffic in sight and cleared him. I closed my position normally when the majority of the push was over; and I went to get him out. After relieving him; and thinking I may have the situation completely wrong; the first aircraft I worked I turned in; and the pilot said there was no way he could follow him to the airport; he would lose him in the clouds. I initiated vectors to maintain separation. This was poor service to the user; dangerous; and violated the 7110. Inexperience played a key role in this.

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Title: A80 Controller expressed concern regarding a fellow controller's performance who was trying repeatedly to conduct Visual Approaches during questionable weather conditions.

Narrative: I was working AR-A. I was waiting for my first airplane. ATL was on an East operation; 8L; 9R; 10; ILS-PRM's advertised; monitor controllers in place. A recently certified controller was working AR-V. Weather was FEW004 BKN012; vis 10+. AR-V was able to get his aircraft to see other aircraft in turns from downwind to base. He would clear them for Visual Approaches. He continued to vector for Visual Approaches even after the monitor controllers told him about the weather. They told him several times the weather wasn't good. The worst part of him vectoring was he when turning in too early for 8L; Aircraft X getting within 3 miles of Aircraft Y on the 9R final. At least one time he tagged the aircraft as on the Visual Approach before he actually reported the traffic in sight and cleared him. I closed my position normally when the majority of the push was over; and I went to get him out. After relieving him; and thinking I may have the situation completely wrong; the first aircraft I worked I turned in; and the pilot said there was no way he could follow him to the airport; he would lose him in the clouds. I initiated vectors to maintain separation. This was poor service to the user; dangerous; and violated the 7110. Inexperience played a key role in this.

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.