Narrative:

This report is to alert of a long standing and ongoing issue with ATC ground and tower personnel at ads on weekends primarily. There is a large disparity in the efficiency of moving aircraft on the ground and dispatching for takeoff especially for small piston aircraft. Several examples: wait times for crossing active runway are excessive and seem to have not only a low priority; but the ground controllers are just inefficient and miss ample opportunities for moving aircraft when there is very light traffic or movement on the airport or on approach to the runway. The same issue exists on departing VFR aircraft. There are many opportunities for dispatching multiple aircraft while a small VFR aircraft is several miles or minutes out on final. I've been based out of this airport for more than 20 years. This problem seems to be worsening as if it is a particular personnel issue. I say this because there is such a difference in efficiency from controller to controller. I believe this causes much unnecessary stress (which can obviously be a component for mental distraction) for the pilots being served as well as the economic burden this is for all aircraft large and small that end up at the end of a long line of planes waiting to get out. These seem to be using the maximum separation rather than reasonable discretion beyond minimum separation distances and time as to seem punitive to pilots. We've all seen what competent controllers can do; and since these controllers are veterans; it seems this is a willful slow down. I suggest appropriate representatives of the FAA make passive observations and evaluation of these ops from the airport grounds without alerting the personnel to assess these conditions on a comparative basis to ops with other veteran ATC personnel both at ads and similar airports and see that corrective action is taken in the name of safety and efficiency.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A general aviation pilot reported inconsistent ATC operations at ADS airport.

Narrative: This report is to alert of a long standing and ongoing issue with ATC ground and tower personnel at ADS on weekends primarily. There is a large disparity in the efficiency of moving aircraft on the ground and dispatching for takeoff especially for small piston aircraft. Several examples: Wait times for crossing active runway are excessive and seem to have not only a low priority; but the ground controllers are just inefficient and miss ample opportunities for moving aircraft when there is very light traffic or movement on the airport or on approach to the runway. The same issue exists on departing VFR aircraft. There are many opportunities for dispatching multiple aircraft while a small VFR aircraft is several miles or minutes out on final. I've been based out of this airport for more than 20 years. This problem seems to be worsening as if it is a particular personnel issue. I say this because there is such a difference in efficiency from controller to controller. I believe this causes much unnecessary stress (which can obviously be a component for mental distraction) for the pilots being served as well as the economic burden this is for all aircraft large and small that end up at the end of a long line of planes waiting to get out. These seem to be using the maximum separation rather than reasonable discretion beyond minimum separation distances and time as to seem punitive to pilots. We've all seen what competent controllers can do; and since these controllers are veterans; it seems this is a willful slow down. I suggest appropriate representatives of the FAA make passive observations and evaluation of these ops from the airport grounds without alerting the personnel to assess these conditions on a comparative basis to ops with other veteran ATC personnel both at ADS and similar airports and see that corrective action is taken in the name of safety and efficiency.

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.