Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Other / Unknown
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors
We have a pilot who is well known in the local area for being a total jerk. There have been numerous issues with him in the past; and yet; somehow; he does not get in trouble. He was flying in a C172. We've been putting up with this pilot for a long time; but the other day; he caused me to blow my stack on frequency which affected the safety of all the aircraft on frequency because I lost my composure for a few minutes. This was caused due to his failure to comply with my instructions during an imminent situation. He failed to acknowledge and then questioned my instructions; all the while converging into a NMAC situation. This is not the first time that he does exactly this sort of thing. I have been working him before and he has acknowledged an instruction with 'I don't understand why.' We are currently in a single runway configuration due to construction on our ILS runway. This complicates things a bit; but as someone who has worked very busy traffic on our crossing runway; I am well-versed in managing the situation when pilots listen and comply. A C152 made a mistake and turned inside the C172. I saw the C172 turning into the C152 and instructed him to turn back to the downwind. He started editorializing instead of turning. He was exacerbating an already imminent situation; so I yelled at him on frequency. The owner got involved with that case; but I do not know the adjudication of the situation. A couple of years ago; I had to issue a visual safety alert when his aircraft was nose-down at 300 AGL on the base leg. Our OS made him call in about. He claimed that his student froze on the controls. He has made numerous radical and dangerous maneuvers in and around the airport. He is dangerous and he is going to kill himself and someone else. I have been doing this for a very long time and I've never encountered a situation where no one can put a stop to some this type of flying. Pending a management meeting on this situation; I am going to refuse service to this individual. Anytime I encounter a pilot; who; in my professional judgment; presents a liability to the safety of other aircraft; I will have them exit the airspace or land. If I know that he is in an aircraft; I will ask to be relieved rather than work him. Someone else can deal with his idiocy. Besides; by factoring myself out of the equation; maybe someone else can work him.
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Tower Controller voiced concern regarding the behavior of one of the locally based CFI's and stated the CFI frequently questions ATC directions.