EMB ERJ 190/195 ER/LR
Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Situational Awareness
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors; Weather
A B737-400 was descending on a STAR and it was being vectored to final from the east. I had an ERJ-190 on a 190 heading and the B737 on a 130 heading expecting them to have the airport in sight. Previous aircraft had reported the airport in sight earlier with no problem. I asked the B737 to report the 'approach lights' in sight and he said he was searching. I had anticipated him being out of 6000 and 'approach lights' in sight in time so as not to be a factor with the ERJ-190. Don't anticipate aircraft getting the airport in sight. Use more positive separation when applying use of 30 degree intercept rule for simultaneous parallel operations.
TRACON Controller described a loss of separation event during parallel visual approach procedures when anticipating arrivals would report the airport in sight as prior arrival had done.