Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 27
Communication Breakdown; Situational Awareness
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict Airborne Conflict; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Landing Without Clearance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance
Aircraft; Airport; Human Factors
I was assigned to relieve the controller working Radar. I observed the controller was getting busy and my experience told me that on such a beautiful VFR day and the amount of inbound Flight Progress strips posted that the position would only get busier. I asked the supervisor if he wanted me to open another sector and he said 'No'. He said it wasn't going to get that busy. After the position relief; the position soon became complex and I needed the supervisor to coordinate for me and eventually he opened another sector. In the meantime; Aircraft X called me for landing. He originally requested the left runway and I assigned him the right runway due to a Medevac inbound to the left runway. I did not put in the data tag that Aircraft X was requesting a touch and go and coming back to my frequency. I failed to assign Aircraft X a frequency change to Tower. The controller at Tower never tried to call Aircraft X.Tower never tried to use the light gun to clear Aircraft X to land. Tower never tried to call me at the Radar position to prompt me to change frequency with Aircraft X. Instead the Tower controller let Aircraft X land and touch and go on the Runway knowing this was going to be a pilot deviation. Aircraft X departed on a heading of 060 degrees and called me. Aircraft X had traffic off his left side which was a helicopter. Tower I believe was surprised that Aircraft X did not land full stop and instead executed a touch and go. Tower then turned the helicopter west and had a departure airborne off of an intersecting runway. I have no way of knowing the exact scenario that unfolded but I'm sure it was uncomfortable and likely unsafe. Tower then called my supervisor on the coordination line and said Aircraft X had done a touch and go without a clearance and my supervisor asked Tower if they attempted contact or tried a light gun. The answer was negative. The Tower controller in his arrogance to prove a point that I didn't change frequencies with Aircraft X caused a deliberate unsafe and reckless situation. The Tower controller in my opinion should be reprimanded for his action.This Tower controller has been know to disregard ATCT procedures in favor of his own method of Air Traffic Control. This same controller deliberately and recklessly departed an air carrier jet climbing to 5000 feet on a collision course with a Cessna at 4000 feet that I had pointed out to him verbally and electronically this last fall. No manager seems to be willing to correct his actions. In my opinion this controller should be reprimanded for his actions and be held to a higher standard than what he is allowed to get away with currently. Brief Tower controllers on professionalism and teach them to 'do the right thing' just as we were briefed in recurrent training. If an aircraft doesn't call you then you call him. It's that simple.
CMH TRACON Controller forgot to coordinate an arrival aircraft's intentions or issue communication change to the Tower. The Tower Controller made no effort to establish communications with the aircraft or to reach out to the TRACON to coordinate. The aircraft made a touch and go into confliction with an intersecting runway departure.