Regional Jet 700 ER/LR (CRJ700)
Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Situational Awareness
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict Airborne Conflict; Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance
Human Factors
BUR was landing Runway 8 and departing Runway 15. Weather was IFR in most spots of the sector. BUR Tower APREQed a Runway 33 departure over GMN for Air Carrier X. There was an IFR arrival on the VNY localizer for ILS Runway 16R. I called BUR to advise the approximate wait time and the Tower requested a heading of 310. Since the departure was a CRJ7; I approved the 310 heading and gave 6;000 FT for departure (rather than the LOA of 4;000 FT.) Air Carrier X checked on frequency and I believe I issued direct GMN; climbing to 13;000 FT; and pointed aircraft out to VLYR and MORR Sectors. Air Carrier X seemed to be climbing slower than anticipated and I asked if the pilot could maintain his own terrain and obstruction clearance; pilot responded negative due to weather; and he was below the MVA. I turned Air Carrier X to a 240 heading to get to a lower MVA and told pilot he could expect direct GMN out of 6;000 FT. I anticipated the pilot was requesting Runway 33 and the 310 heading and I always try to accommodate the pilot when I can. Most likely; it was not the pilot requesting the heading. I should have simply denied the 310 heading because it is only 20 degrees left turn and still right at the 5;200 FT MVA. I recommend that I should have waited 1-2 minutes longer for the VNY ILS arrival to be out of the way; [and] then the higher MVA would not have been a factor.
SCT Controller described a MVA event involving a BUR IFR departure and traffic inbound to VNY. The reporter acknowledged waiting for the NVY prior to issuing the BUR departure release would have been a better option.