Narrative:

After checking in with sdf approach; louisville's most notorious controller answered in his typical high strung and arrogant tone of voice. As is his style; he issues instructions as detailed and fast as humanly possible. I asked him to confirm the altitude and he started yelling louder than he already was at me. He had yelled at my first officer two nights prior on taxiway B because he wasn't seeing the correct squawk code that we had in our transponder. This guy is well known among all pilots. He acts like a jerk every time we deal with him on the radio.my major issue with this controller is that he is a major distraction to me and every aircrew operating on his frequency. I have been flying for 30 years in aircraft all around the world. He is 'hands down'; the most unprofessional and unsafe controller I have ever encountered. I expressed my concerns to the tower chief a couple of years ago; but this guy has gotten worse. He has an attitude/anger problem that has no place in the safe operation of aircraft. I cannot possibly urge you strongly enough to remove this controller from sdf operations. I do not feel comfortable operating under his direction any longer. A final note: I can promise you I would not tolerate this guy yelling at me in person like he does while hiding behind his ATC microphone. I shouldn't have to put up with him in an airplane either.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Pilot reported of an arrogant Controller that he has complained to the Tower manager about. Reporter then stated he will not put up with his attitude; anger problem anymore.

Narrative: After checking in with SDF approach; Louisville's most notorious controller answered in his typical high strung and arrogant tone of voice. As is his style; he issues instructions as detailed and fast as humanly possible. I asked him to confirm the altitude and he started yelling louder than he already was at me. He had yelled at my First Officer two nights prior on taxiway B because he wasn't seeing the correct squawk code that we had in our transponder. This guy is well known among all pilots. He acts like a jerk every time we deal with him on the radio.My major issue with this controller is that he is a major distraction to me and every aircrew operating on his frequency. I have been flying for 30 years in aircraft all around the world. He is 'hands down'; the most unprofessional and unsafe controller I have ever encountered. I expressed my concerns to the tower chief a couple of years ago; but this guy has gotten worse. He has an attitude/anger problem that has no place in the safe operation of aircraft. I cannot possibly urge you strongly enough to remove this controller from SDF operations. I do not feel comfortable operating under his direction any longer. A final note: I can promise you I would not tolerate this guy yelling at me in person like he does while hiding behind his ATC microphone. I shouldn't have to put up with him in an airplane either.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.