EAA493 Mailing List: Re: ADS-B and SJT Approach

[C. Ramsey (ramseycattle03]

Good information to know. Thanks for sharing

Cameron 


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On Friday, August 30, 2019, 2:09 PM, Donald Treadwell <pilot.dt [at] gmail.com> wrote:

    I would rather not call San Angelo approach as they never ask you to just slow down; all they can do is divert you away from the airport. Also, it seems to be a training position for controllers wanting to learn how to work busier areas.

    I called approach today coming back from the ranch at 4500 feet because I needed a code to get through our local TFR southeast of town, which I fly directly through, or under, on each trip to the ranch. There was no reply for a while, and then I was asked to repeat the call to Midland approach. So I repeated my request, 20 southeast of Mathis with uniform, landing Mathis.

I was given a code and asked to ident.

    When I was 7 miles from Mathis, I was asked to change course to 360 for arriving traffic.  I could see there was no one ahead of me in the vicinity of Mathis, so I checked the only aircraft around and sure enough, 55Bravo was getting priority.  I think it was a customs Citation.  I hesitated and then keyed the mic, “How come I have to divert for traffic behind me that is twice as far from the airport and at a higher altitude?”

    No answer.

    So I repeated my question. The controller said he was ahead of me at 1 o’clock. I had him at 2 o’clock and only because I was turned away from the airport.

    I was told to change to tower frequency.

    I reported 3 mile base to the tower, traffic in sight.

    The tower offered me runway 21, which I accepted with 7 knots of wind at 180.

    I landed, taxied to the end of 21 and was asked to hold for arriving traffic. Eventually the jet landed, and I was cleared to cross 18 once the jet had slowed to taxi speed.

    I really wanted to key the mic and say, “Welcome to San Angelo 55 Bravo” but it was in no way the jet pilot’s fault.

    So ADS-B can be used to train new controllers on the job on who has priority and how a Cessna 172  seven miles out can beat a Citation fourteen miles out to the airport and the parking area.

DT

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