<< >> NASA ASRS Report 358722, January 1997

Reporter claims the facility has old and outdated equipment and alleges the technicians are reluctant to repair it. ARTS keyboard is often swapped out and replaced by one that was previously swapped out.

Attributes
ACN	358722
Time
Date	199701
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : sav
State Reference	GA
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller military : 6 controller radar : 12
ASRS Report	358722
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

The equipment at sav ATCT is old and outdated. The technicians are very reluctant to repair the existing equipment. The ARTS keyboard is often 'swapped out' and the keyboard that it replaced, was one that was swapped out just a week prior. A keyboard that is not 100 percent -- delays handoffs and other time critical ARTS entries.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RPTR CLAIMS THE FACILITY HAS OLD AND OUTDATED EQUIP AND ALLEGES THE TECHNICIANS ARE RELUCTANT TO REPAIR IT. ARTS KEYBOARD IS OFTEN SWAPPED OUT AND REPLACED BY ONE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SWAPPED OUT.

Narrative: THE EQUIP AT SAV ATCT IS OLD AND OUTDATED. THE TECHNICIANS ARE VERY RELUCTANT TO REPAIR THE EXISTING EQUIP. THE ARTS KEYBOARD IS OFTEN 'SWAPPED OUT' AND THE KEYBOARD THAT IT REPLACED, WAS ONE THAT WAS SWAPPED OUT JUST A WK PRIOR. A KEYBOARD THAT IS NOT 100 PERCENT -- DELAYS HDOFS AND OTHER TIME CRITICAL ARTS ENTRIES.

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.