<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1693860, October 2019

C172 pilot reported that the tower controller instructed them to line up and wait while an aircraft was on short final.

Attributes
ACN	1693860
Time
Date	201910
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	SQL.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	PC-12
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Landing Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 200 Flight Crew Type 150
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

I was informed to hold short of the runway awaiting IFR release. There was a pilatus PC12 on final. By the time I was up next to the runway; the pilatus was on short final over a levee that is about 100 ft. Before the blast pad at the approach end of the runway. The tower controller instructed us to line up and wait when the pilatus was still at least 300 ft. Before the threshold of the runway. This tower controller frequently seems fed up with his job and frequently issues unsafe instructions to pilots that seem to be in a lazy manner. As a pilot; I feel unsafe operating at this airport when this controller is on position. This tower has no manager and only three air traffic controllers which leads to overworked ATC who sometimes show no regard for aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 pilot reported that the Tower Controller instructed them to line up and wait while an aircraft was on short final.

Narrative: I was informed to hold short of the runway awaiting IFR release. There was a Pilatus PC12 on final. By the time I was up next to the runway; the Pilatus was on short final over a levee that is about 100 ft. before the blast pad at the approach end of the runway. The Tower Controller instructed us to line up and wait when the Pilatus was still at least 300 ft. before the threshold of the runway. This Tower Controller frequently seems fed up with his job and frequently issues unsafe instructions to pilots that seem to be in a lazy manner. As a pilot; I feel unsafe operating at this airport when this Controller is on position. This Tower has no manager and only three air traffic controllers which leads to overworked ATC who sometimes show no regard for aircraft.

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.