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A90 TRACON controller had difficulty coordinating a point out with a tower. After approving the point out; the tower departed an aircraft into a confliction with the pointed out aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1323250 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201601 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | A90.TRACON |
| State Reference | NH |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Approach |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 3 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
I was vectoring aircraft X for the ILS. The weather was IFR. It was a problem getting a pointout with tower approved. The reason for the problem was the terrible relationship we have with tower combined with the lack of accountability. This was the second time during this session that a pointout with tower was a problem. Having to beg for a pointout is quite a distraction. When tower finally accepted the pointout; they launched aircraft Y on a heading that was a conflict for aircraft X. Given that they had local coordinator staffed there is no reason for the poor communication.tower needs to be required to look at enough airspace to the north to be able to accept or unable pointouts for ILS in a timely manner. They also need to be held accountable for blatantly disregarding their duty as controllers.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A90 TRACON Controller had difficulty coordinating a point out with a Tower. After approving the point out; the Tower departed an aircraft into a confliction with the pointed out aircraft.
Narrative: I was vectoring Aircraft X for the ILS. The weather was IFR. It was a problem getting a pointout with Tower approved. The reason for the problem was the terrible relationship we have with Tower combined with the lack of accountability. This was the second time during this session that a pointout with Tower was a problem. Having to beg for a pointout is quite a distraction. When Tower finally accepted the pointout; they launched Aircraft Y on a heading that was a conflict for Aircraft X. Given that they had Local Coordinator staffed there is no reason for the poor communication.Tower needs to be required to look at enough airspace to the north to be able to accept or unable pointouts for ILS in a timely manner. They also need to be held accountable for blatantly disregarding their duty as controllers.
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.