Narrative:

As the aircraft in question was entering my airspace; I was told by my supervisor that salt lake approach had given an ultimatum. The pilot could change destination from U42 to slc; descend and cancel IFR and proceed VFR to his airport of choice; or expect 15 to 30 minutes of holding in order to let all the jets run by him. I am not comfortable soliciting a cancellation. This is an ongoing issue where the approach control refuses to let an aircraft land if it causes them to create space in their 'normal operation'. This happens at pvu as well; which also is inside of their airspace. Even though there are IFR procedures in place at pvu; center is routinely told to hold pvu and U42 arrivals out; usually in weather; until the jets get in. What happened to first come; first served? When metering was introduced;the center controllers were told that metering would find a place for these slc satellite airport arrivals. If I can space props and jets at the same altitude; through the same gate; why can't they? I fear that someday one of these smaller aircraft will have enough weather that a serious accident will occur. I am willing to provide increased spacing if it helps get the small aircraft in safely. If holding is needed; why not hold the big jets; which are less likely to have trouble with icing or other weather. If we can't develop a procedure that lets aircraft land IFR at pvu or U42; close the airports to IFR traffic. Slc TRACON would be delighted.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZLC Controller voiced concern regarding S56's handling of non-turbojet arrivals to nearby satellite airports; alleging priority is given to air carrier operations at SLC and the legacy 'first come; first served' policy is being ignored.

Narrative: As the aircraft in question was entering my airspace; I was told by my supervisor that Salt Lake Approach had given an ultimatum. The pilot could change destination from U42 to SLC; descend and cancel IFR and proceed VFR to his airport of choice; or expect 15 to 30 minutes of holding in order to let all the jets run by him. I am not comfortable soliciting a cancellation. This is an ongoing issue where the approach control refuses to let an aircraft land if it causes them to create space in their 'normal operation'. This happens at PVU as well; which also is inside of their airspace. Even though there are IFR procedures in place at PVU; Center is routinely told to hold PVU and U42 arrivals out; usually in weather; until the jets get in. What happened to first come; first served? When Metering was introduced;the center controllers were told that metering would find a place for these SLC satellite airport arrivals. If I can space props and jets at the same altitude; through the same gate; why can't they? I fear that someday one of these smaller aircraft will have enough weather that a serious accident will occur. I am willing to provide increased spacing if it helps get the small aircraft in safely. If holding is needed; why not hold the big jets; which are less likely to have trouble with icing or other weather. If we can't develop a procedure that lets aircraft land IFR at PVU or U42; close the airports to IFR traffic. SLC TRACON would be delighted.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.