Sav controller concerned with management response to facility safety report concerning ground contro...

Attributes
ACN	514776
Time
Date	200106
Day	Mon
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sav.airport
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : ground
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller radar : 3
ASRS Report	514776
Person 2
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : supervisor
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Navigational Facility
Primary Problem	Navigational Facility
Air Traffic Incident	Intra Facility Coordination Failure

Narrative:

The ground control position has not been reliable for at least 6 yrs that I know of because it is not working all the time. The manager closed ucr out. I refiled the ucr because it is not a ucr that needs to be closed out until the equipment is replaced with new equipment. This is a safety issue because we use the frequency to separate planes on the ground.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SAV CTLR CONCERNED WITH MGMNT RESPONSE TO FACILITY SAFETY RPT CONCERNING GND CTL FREQ.

Narrative: THE GND CTL POS HAS NOT BEEN RELIABLE FOR AT LEAST 6 YRS THAT I KNOW OF BECAUSE IT IS NOT WORKING ALL THE TIME. THE MGR CLOSED UCR OUT. I REFILED THE UCR BECAUSE IT IS NOT A UCR THAT NEEDS TO BE CLOSED OUT UNTIL THE EQUIP IS REPLACED WITH NEW EQUIP. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE WE USE THE FREQ TO SEPARATE PLANES ON THE GND.

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.

Sav controller concerned with management response to facility safety report concerning ground control frequency.