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Pct controller reports every dca arrival from the north and northeast of balance must be recleared via the national 1 STAR; and simultaneously issued descent and speed restrictions when only 10 miles or so from balance. Controller believes this creates undue cockpit workload.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 716660 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200611 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : pct.tracon |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : pct.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | arrival star : national 1 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 11 controller time certified in position1 : 8 |
| ASRS Report | 716660 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | FAA |
| Primary Problem | FAA |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : pct.tracon |
Narrative:
Management at potomac approach has forced controllers to issue an RNAV STAR to aircraft landing at dca in an untimely manner. Aircraft from the north and northeast of balance; landing dca; begin talking to pct approximately 10 miles from balance. The aircraft is navigating balance direct dca. Controllers are forced to reroute the aircraft onto an RNAV STAR (national 1 arrival) which begins at balance. This gives the aircraft 10 miles or less to program this arrival into their RNAV and fly the arrival. Additionally; during this time; the same pct controller is issuing a descent and a speed restriction to these same aircraft. This is too much information to give to a pilot in such a short amount of time. It creates an unsafe situation in the cockpit and adds unnecessary workload to the controller. These aircraft should be issued this re-route in a more timely manner from another controlling facility (ZNY). This situation occurs for every aircraft landing dca on this route of flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PCT CTLR RPTS EVERY DCA ARR FROM THE N AND NORTHEAST OF BAL MUST BE RECLEARED VIA THE NATIONAL 1 STAR; AND SIMULTANEOUSLY ISSUED DSCNT AND SPD RESTRICTIONS WHEN ONLY 10 MILES OR SO FROM BAL. CTLR BELIEVES THIS CREATES UNDUE COCKPIT WORKLOAD.
Narrative: MANAGEMENT AT POTOMAC APCH HAS FORCED CTLRS TO ISSUE AN RNAV STAR TO ACFT LNDG AT DCA IN AN UNTIMELY MANNER. ACFT FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF BAL; LANDING DCA; BEGIN TALKING TO PCT APPROX 10 MILES FROM BAL. THE ACFT IS NAVIGATING BAL DIRECT DCA. CTLRS ARE FORCED TO REROUTE THE ACFT ONTO AN RNAV STAR (NATIONAL 1 ARRIVAL) WHICH BEGINS AT BAL. THIS GIVES THE ACFT 10 MILES OR LESS TO PROGRAM THIS ARR INTO THEIR RNAV AND FLY THE ARR. ADDITIONALLY; DURING THIS TIME; THE SAME PCT CTLR IS ISSUING A DSCNT AND A SPD RESTRICTION TO THESE SAME ACFT. THIS IS TOO MUCH INFO TO GIVE TO A PLT IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. IT CREATES AN UNSAFE SITUATION IN THE COCKPIT AND ADDS UNNECESSARY WORKLOAD TO THE CTLR. THESE ACFT SHOULD BE ISSUED THIS RE-ROUTE IN A MORE TIMELY MANNER FROM ANOTHER CONTROLLING FACILITY (ZNY). THIS SITUATION OCCURS FOR EVERY ACFT LNDG DCA ON THIS RTE OF FLT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.