Narrative:

I was working clearance delivery and tower controller in charge at the time of the event. I had just read a couple of clearances and obtained tmu releases for a couple of aircraft. I turned around to face local control just as the local controller became aware of a serious situation. I noticed that a P28A was on runway xx at the runway X hold short markings and a crj-200 was [on] landing roll on the same runway. The local controller issued runway exit instructions to the P28A; but the P28A was very slow to move his aircraft. I told the local controller to tell the crj-200 about the traffic and to hit his breaks hard and exit the runway at taxiway B. In my estimation; the closest proximity was about 1;000 feet. The local controller said that he/she forgot about the P28A and also forgot that he/she had issued him a lasho clearance. It is worth noting that the local control position had a SR20 and a GLF5 in the VFR pattern along with a few arrival and departures; which is typical traffic ZZZ. In the last few years; I have witnessed the proverbial wheels fall off the operation. All of the veteran controllers agree that it is only a matter of time before a tragic event occurs. This one was close! The air traffic operation at this facility is quite different than other similar facilities. We need help. There is a huge need for maturity and knowledge in both the controller workforce and the dysfunctional management team. It seems that most decisions made by our manager make our operation much worse. The 7210.3 is abundantly clear with regards to combining positions in a control tower. It says (paraphrased) that ground control shall not be combined with local control except during periods of significantly reduced traffic. Every veteran controller that comes here questions why we combine ground control with local control instead of clearance delivery like almost every other control tower in the world. A few years ago it was mandatory that local control should keep a 'pad'. A written list of arrival; departures; and vehicles was required. This requirement was removed from the SOP; my second suggestion is to make a 'pad' mandatory again.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Tower Controller described a serious situation when the Local Controller failed to realize that a light aircraft failed to exit the runway as an air carrier aircraft touched down.

Narrative: I was working Clearance Delivery and Tower CIC at the time of the event. I had just read a couple of clearances and obtained TMU releases for a couple of aircraft. I turned around to face Local Control just as the Local Controller became aware of a serious situation. I noticed that a P28A was on Runway XX at the Runway X hold short markings and a CRJ-200 was [on] landing roll on the same runway. The Local Controller issued runway exit instructions to the P28A; but the P28A was very slow to move his aircraft. I told the Local Controller to tell the CRJ-200 about the traffic and to hit his breaks hard and exit the runway at Taxiway B. In my estimation; the closest proximity was about 1;000 feet. The Local Controller said that he/she forgot about the P28A and also forgot that he/she had issued him a LASHO clearance. It is worth noting that the Local Control position had a SR20 and a GLF5 in the VFR pattern along with a few arrival and departures; which is typical traffic ZZZ. In the last few years; I have witnessed the proverbial wheels fall off the operation. All of the veteran controllers agree that it is only a matter of time before a tragic event occurs. This one was close! The air traffic operation at this facility is quite different than other similar facilities. We need help. There is a huge need for maturity and knowledge in both the controller workforce and the dysfunctional management team. It seems that most decisions made by our Manager make our operation much worse. The 7210.3 is abundantly clear with regards to combining positions in a Control Tower. It says (paraphrased) that Ground Control shall not be combined with Local Control except during periods of significantly reduced traffic. Every veteran controller that comes here questions why we combine GC with LC instead of Clearance Delivery like almost every other Control Tower in the world. A few years ago it was mandatory that LC should keep a 'pad'. A written list of arrival; departures; and vehicles was required. This requirement was removed from the SOP; my second suggestion is to make a 'pad' mandatory again.

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.