Contract tower controller refused to take position reports from ARTCC controller.

Attributes
ACN	321604
Time
Date	199511
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : txk
State Reference	AR
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zfw tower : txk
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller radar : 4
ASRS Report	321604
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Inter Facility Coordination Failure other

Narrative:

The contract tower controller did not want position reports on inbound IFR aircraft. I find this unsafe, and while there is usually very little traffic at txk, that is no excuse to degrade safety.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CONTRACT TWR CTLR REFUSED TO TAKE POS RPTS FROM ARTCC CTLR.

Narrative: THE CONTRACT TWR CTLR DID NOT WANT POS RPTS ON INBOUND IFR ACFT. I FIND THIS UNSAFE, AND WHILE THERE IS USUALLY VERY LITTLE TFC AT TXK, THAT IS NO EXCUSE TO DEGRADE SAFETY.

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.