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Tower supervisor controller complaint about dirty windows and scratched window shades. Says budget won't allow cleaning windows more than monthly and the tower shades are scratched so bad that at certain times of the day you can't see through them.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 358318 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199701 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dca |
| State Reference | DC |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | oversight : supervisor |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 14 controller supervisory : 2 |
| ASRS Report | 358318 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
The control tower windows are continuously dirty. This condition is bad to the point that during certain times of the day you cannot see through them. We are told that they are scheduled to be cleaned monthly. We are told we cannot afford to have them cleaned more often. This condition is made worse by the shades, which are severely scratched. This happens because there is not enough money to clean them.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: TWR SUPVR CTLR COMPLAINT ABOUT DIRTY WINDOWS AND SCRATCHED WINDOW SHADES. SAYS BUDGET WON'T ALLOW CLEANING WINDOWS MORE THAN MONTHLY AND THE TWR SHADES ARE SCRATCHED SO BAD THAT AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY YOU CAN'T SEE THROUGH THEM.
Narrative: THE CTL TWR WINDOWS ARE CONTINUOUSLY DIRTY. THIS CONDITION IS BAD TO THE POINT THAT DURING CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY YOU CANNOT SEE THROUGH THEM. WE ARE TOLD THAT THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO BE CLEANED MONTHLY. WE ARE TOLD WE CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE THEM CLEANED MORE OFTEN. THIS CONDITION IS MADE WORSE BY THE SHADES, WHICH ARE SEVERELY SCRATCHED. THIS HAPPENS BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO CLEAN THEM.
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.