A tower-induced go-round

Jay Honeck wrote:

I don't see it that way. Class D can be no worse than an uncontrolled
airport. It can be better.


Class Delta can be MUCH worse than "uncontrolled", in my experience,
because:

a) You've got a guy in the tower with binoculars trying to see and
control too many things going on.

b) You've got too many pilots reporting "5 north of the field" when
they are *really* 5 EAST of the field (for example), making it
impossible for our hapless binocular-equipped controller to keep track
of traffic effectively.


Compare a class D to an uncontrolled field with similar traffic counts
and the class D is much safer and the traffic flows much more orderly.