An instructor pilot at crp described his experience with ATC's priority handling of navy traffic whi...

Attributes
ACN	982885
Time
Date	201112
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	CRP.Tower
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 1050 Flight Crew Type 700
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe

Narrative:

While conducting touch and goes at crp; the tower controller; on several occasions; changed clearances at unsafe times on our landing segment. I cannot stress enough how many times this happens while flying under the control of corpus tower; approach; even ground. I am a flight instructor here at the airport and get to experience corpus ATC's inexperience in flow control many times a day; every day. The controllers here are either too cautious with giving clearances or try to cut corners any way they can; no median what so ever. My suggestion is for corpus ATC to stop giving priority over to navy traffic. What this is doing is jeopardizing every one else's safety. I have been vectored into navy traffic; had landing and takeoff clearances changed because of navy traffic; and have almost been taxied directly into navy traffic. This has to be resolved to maintain an element of safety for the greater corpus area. An accident/incident will happen if something is not done about this.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Instructor pilot at CRP described his experience with ATC's priority handling of Navy traffic which caused last minute clearances; traffic conflicts and the potential for an incident/accident.

Narrative: While conducting touch and goes at CRP; the Tower Controller; on several occasions; changed clearances at unsafe times on our landing segment. I cannot stress enough how many times this happens while flying under the control of Corpus Tower; Approach; even Ground. I am a flight instructor here at the airport and get to experience Corpus ATC's inexperience in flow control many times a day; every day. The Controllers here are either too cautious with giving clearances or try to cut corners any way they can; no median what so ever. My suggestion is for Corpus ATC to STOP giving priority over to Navy traffic. What this is doing is jeopardizing every one else's safety. I have been vectored into Navy traffic; had landing and takeoff clearances changed because of Navy traffic; and have almost been taxied directly into Navy traffic. This HAS to be resolved to maintain an element of safety for the greater Corpus area. An accident/incident WILL happen if something is not done about this.

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.

An instructor pilot at crp described his experience with ATC's priority handling of navy traffic which caused last minute clearances; traffic conflicts and the potential for an incident/accident.