Narrative:

I was working clearance delivery/controller in charge combined in the tower. The local controller had traffic landing runway 1 and runway 10. A MD82 was landing roll on runway 10; and an E170 was on final behind him. I told the local controller several times that I didn't think it was going to work; meaning that we would not have the runway separation we would need. He replied that if he had to send him around he would. I trusted that he would do this; I had no reason to doubt him. When the E170 was short final for runway 10; I stood up to see where the MD82 was and he did not appear to be clear of the runway. I told the local controller that it looked like he (the E170) needed to go around. He said that he thought it was going work. I gave it a few more seconds; and then told him; 'you need send the E170 around.' he did not. The MD82 was not yet clear of the runway and therefore separation was not ensured. It is extremely rare that we have any supervisors in the tower as they generally stay in TRACON or their office during their shift. I am not the only controller that has had these problems with other controllers not listening to the controller in charge in the tower; and I feel as though it makes the operation unsafe. I do not believe the local controller would have refused to do what I told him to do if a supervisor would have been present. I also feel as though we should be able to refuse the duty of controller in charge if we do not feel comfortable. I feel as though putting 'co-workers' in charge of each other throughout the day sets us up for failure in many different ways.

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Title: Tower CIC voiced concern regarding the lack of response to his direction to a controller reference runway separation; noting shift supervisor rarely reside in the Tower but spend time in the TRACON and their offices during the shift.

Narrative: I was working CD/CIC combined in the Tower. The Local Controller had traffic landing Runway 1 and Runway 10. A MD82 was landing roll on Runway 10; and an E170 was on final behind him. I told the Local Controller several times that I didn't think it was going to work; meaning that we would not have the runway separation we would need. He replied that if he had to send him around he would. I trusted that he would do this; I had no reason to doubt him. When the E170 was short final for Runway 10; I stood up to see where the MD82 was and he did not appear to be clear of the runway. I told the Local Controller that it looked like he (the E170) needed to go around. He said that he thought it was going work. I gave it a few more seconds; and then told him; 'you need send the E170 around.' he did not. The MD82 was not yet clear of the runway and therefore separation was not ensured. It is extremely rare that we have any supervisors in the Tower as they generally stay in TRACON or their office during their shift. I am not the only controller that has had these problems with other controllers not listening to the CIC in the Tower; and I feel as though it makes the operation unsafe. I do not believe the Local Controller would have refused to do what I told him to do if a supervisor would have been present. I also feel as though we should be able to refuse the duty of CIC if we do not feel comfortable. I feel as though putting 'co-workers' in charge of each other throughout the day sets us up for failure in many different ways.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.