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Captain of large transport taxiing at dtw was critical of ground controller operation and controller unloaded on him.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 194232 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199111 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dtw |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : holding ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 24200 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 194232 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
I was the captain of flight. We were taxiing to our gate after landing on a flight from msp to dtw. There was some confusion as to what ground control was trying to accomplish. 3 aircraft were basically pointing nose to nose. I suggested to ground control, how this problem might be solved. The controllers response was very curt, I responded equally as curt, he then unloaded on me. I said no more, the government is always right! I am not aware of any rule infraction surrounding this issue. The reason I am filing this report is because of a continuing display of arrogance by certain dtw metropolitan ground controllers. Also, over the past few months several ridiculous infraction charges were filed against 2 of our pilots by dtw ground controllers.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF LGT TAXIING AT DTW WAS CRITICAL OF GND CTLR OP AND CTLR UNLOADED ON HIM.
Narrative: I WAS THE CAPT OF FLT. WE WERE TAXIING TO OUR GATE AFTER LNDG ON A FLT FROM MSP TO DTW. THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION AS TO WHAT GND CTL WAS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. 3 ACFT WERE BASICALLY POINTING NOSE TO NOSE. I SUGGESTED TO GND CTL, HOW THIS PROBLEM MIGHT BE SOLVED. THE CTLRS RESPONSE WAS VERY CURT, I RESPONDED EQUALLY AS CURT, HE THEN UNLOADED ON ME. I SAID NO MORE, THE GOV IS ALWAYS RIGHT! I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY RULE INFRACTION SURROUNDING THIS ISSUE. THE REASON I AM FILING THIS RPT IS BECAUSE OF A CONTINUING DISPLAY OF ARROGANCE BY CERTAIN DTW METRO GND CTLRS. ALSO, OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS SEVERAL RIDICULOUS INFRACTION CHARGES WERE FILED AGAINST 2 OF OUR PLTS BY DTW GND CTLRS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.