Apa controller voiced concern regarding some controllers common practice of not advising opposite di...

Narrative:

I was working ground control and I watched the local control depart aircraft X on a runway heading off runway 17L with no other traffic advisories while a C182 was on a VFR practice approach on runway 35R inside the outer marker. This is a daily occurrence at apa where controllers will give runway heading off runway 17L because of pattern traffic on runway 17R and not issue the opposite direction traffic. It's dangerous. What happens if one or both of the aircraft on a collision course goes NORDO? What happens if we get a stuck mike and we are unable to communicate to the pilots? Like I said; this is not an isolated incident and the flm was plugged in and watching the operation and said nothing. All controllers must issue traffic to the opposite direction traffic as soon as possible. The flm/controller in charge must alert the local control when a traffic advisory has not been issued and must be issued.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: APA Controller voiced concern regarding some controllers common practice of not advising opposite direction traffic of one another's position during a Runway 17L Departure and Runway 35R Approach operation.

Narrative: I was working Ground Control and I watched the Local Control depart Aircraft X on a runway heading off Runway 17L with no other traffic advisories while a C182 was on a VFR practice approach on Runway 35R inside the outer marker. This is a daily occurrence at APA where controllers will give Runway heading off Runway 17L because of pattern traffic on Runway 17R and not issue the opposite direction traffic. It's dangerous. What happens if one or both of the aircraft on a collision course goes NORDO? What happens if we get a stuck mike and we are unable to communicate to the pilots? Like I said; this is not an isolated incident and the FLM was plugged in and watching the operation and said nothing. All controllers MUST issue traffic to the opposite direction traffic ASAP. The FLM/CIC must alert the Local Control when a traffic advisory has not been issued and must be issued.

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.

Attributes
ACN	999220
Time
Date	201203
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	APA.Airport
State Reference	CO
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Premier 1
Flight Phase	Taxi
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Ground
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Apa controller voiced concern regarding some controllers common practice of not advising opposite direction traffic of one another's position during a runway 17L departure and runway 35R approach operation.