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Denver TRACON controller reported that a SOP procedures are not being followed leading to unsafe situations.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1468493 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201707 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | D01.TRACON |
| State Reference | CO |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Fighter |
| 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) 6 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
During triple ILS monitored approaches at den it is tricky to get bkf departures out safely without conflicting with den traffic. We have an SOP procedure that is not being followed. It first states that the front line manager (flm) shall call bkf tower and advise them that den is in a land north monitored operation. Bkf is then supposed to avoid departing runway 14 (at den traffic) as much as possible. None of this is happening. When traffic does depart 14 the coordination is very reckless. No approval is required. The DR4 controller simply advises the monitors and they are required to get out of the way if needed. This was extremely difficult today since no call was made. The flm walked over and said 'aircraft are rolling off 14 turning to a 200'. That's it.first; the flm did not seem to know the procedure. Second; in these rare conditions; bkf runway 14 departures should not be allowed unless the den fr controllers can build a safe hole for these departures. Third; the 'I'm going to fly someone into your airspace and you need to get out of my way' coordination needs to be fixed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Denver TRACON Controller reported that a SOP procedures are not being followed leading to unsafe situations.
Narrative: During triple ILS monitored approaches at DEN it is tricky to get BKF departures out safely without conflicting with DEN traffic. We have an SOP procedure that is not being followed. It first states that the Front Line Manager (FLM) shall call BKF Tower and advise them that DEN is in a Land North Monitored operation. BKF is then supposed to avoid departing Runway 14 (at DEN Traffic) as much as possible. None of this is happening. When traffic does depart 14 the coordination is very reckless. No approval is required. The DR4 Controller simply advises the monitors and they are required to get out of the way if needed. This was extremely difficult today since no call was made. The FLM walked over and said 'aircraft are rolling off 14 turning to a 200'. That's it.First; the FLM did not seem to know the procedure. Second; in these rare conditions; BKF Runway 14 departures should not be allowed unless the DEN FR Controllers can build a safe hole for these departures. Third; the 'I'm going to fly someone into your airspace and you need to get out of my way' coordination needs to be fixed.
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.