Air carrier flight control continued operations into an airport impacted with 16 inches of snow.

Attributes
ACN	425170
Time
Date	199901
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dtw
State Reference	MI
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A320
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	descent other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	425170
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Air carrier dtw station received 16 inches snow on jan/xa/99. Airport runways were open and operation was normal. Air carrier terminal still snowed in, all gates occupied with air carrier aircraft yet to be deiced. As a dispatcher, I diverted 2 aircraft to other airports because my destination airport (dtw) was not a safe operation. Air carrier management is putting my license and their passenger at risk by trying to operate to a destination airport such as dtw on jan/xb/99.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR FLT CTL CONTINUED OPS INTO AN ARPT IMPACTED WITH 16 INCHES OF SNOW.

Narrative: ACR DTW STATION RECEIVED 16 INCHES SNOW ON JAN/XA/99. ARPT RWYS WERE OPEN AND OP WAS NORMAL. ACR TERMINAL STILL SNOWED IN, ALL GATES OCCUPIED WITH ACR ACFT YET TO BE DEICED. AS A DISPATCHER, I DIVERTED 2 ACFT TO OTHER ARPTS BECAUSE MY DEST ARPT (DTW) WAS NOT A SAFE OP. ACR MGMNT IS PUTTING MY LICENSE AND THEIR PAX AT RISK BY TRYING TO OPERATE TO A DEST ARPT SUCH AS DTW ON JAN/XB/99.

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.