Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 1.5
Time Pressure; Workload; Troubleshooting; Situational Awareness; Distraction
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict Airborne Conflict; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Air Traffic Control Separated Traffic; Flight Crew Executed Go Around / Missed Approach
Human Factors; Procedure
Working arrivals and departures on RWY 16L.  Aircraft X initiates a go around because he was too fast.  After handing off and vectoring the go around I cleared Aircraft Y for takeoff and put Aircraft Z in position; as Aircraft A was now on final.  Aircraft Y asked to verify his takeoff clearance which was done.  Aircraft Z was cleared and Aircraft A put into position with Aircraft B on a 4 mile final.  I cleared Aircraft A for takeoff anticipating Aircraft Z will be 6;000 feet and airborne by the time Aircraft A starts to roll.  Aircraft B stated he needed to go missed because he's too high.  I elected to cancel the takeoff clearance for Aircraft A shortly after they started to roll as I was concerned he may become an issue with Aircraft B.  Aircraft A then taxied back to the end and took off.  The Front Line Manager (FLM) said I was clean; and nice job.If I had put Aircraft Y in position right after the go around of Aircraft X things wouldn't have ended up so tight.  As I cleared Aircraft Y for takeoff I may have caused some confusion as I put Aircraft Z into position right behind him causing Aircraft Y to confirm he was cleared for takeoff; slowing their departure.  Additionally we were just about to go into a runway use plan which calls for the runway I was working to be departure only.  The tower FLM wanted the program to start earlier and traffic management in the TRACON didn't want to.  I think the TRACON was trying to hurry Aircraft X and Aircraft B in before the program started which resulted in unstabilized approaches and back to back pilot initiated go arounds.   I made a judgment call to cancel the takeoff clearance of Aircraft A since they just barely started to roll.
An SLC Controller reports of an operation that resulted in a go-around due to traffic on the runway and an arrival being higher than normal.