ZFW controller holding aircraft was told by their supervisor they could clear the aircraft to the ai...

Narrative:

I was working seever low sector. I had 4 aircraft holding for dallas love field due to weather at the airport. Approach called and had me bring in one aircraft not mentioned on this report to see if they could accept arrivals. I brought that aircraft in without problems. Minutes later my front line manager (flm) returned from a shift briefing and said 'bring in ZFW arrivals 20 miles in trail.'I questioned the flm about that twice. The second time they were annoyed and said bring in all the planes you are holding 20 miles in trail. I resequenced the airplanes and controlled the spacing with speed control. The first one of the now 3 planes I had was approaching D10's airspace and the receiving controller informed they were not taking the arrival due to weather and I had to hold the arrivals I had just recleared in on the arrival. This caused increase workload for me and a potential dangerous situation due to weather and increased workload due to our supervisor's poor coordination and not knowing how the facility and our area work. It also caused [an aircraft] to divert.make sure the supervisors are aware of what is going on in their areas. More and more supervisors are oblivious to how the operation actually works and work on communication between the flm and the controller actually working the traffic.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZFW Controller holding aircraft was told by their Supervisor they could clear the aircraft to the airport. The Controller attempted to handoff the first aircraft to Approach; but Approach refused the handoff.

Narrative: I was working Seever Low sector. I had 4 aircraft holding for Dallas Love field due to weather at the airport. Approach called and had me bring in one aircraft not mentioned on this report to see if they could accept arrivals. I brought that aircraft in without problems. Minutes later my Front Line Manager (FLM) returned from a shift briefing and said 'bring in ZFW arrivals 20 miles in trail.'I questioned the FLM about that twice. The second time they were annoyed and said bring in all the planes you are holding 20 miles in trail. I resequenced the airplanes and controlled the spacing with speed control. The first one of the now 3 planes I had was approaching D10's airspace and the receiving controller informed they were not taking the arrival due to weather and I had to hold the arrivals I had just recleared in on the arrival. This caused increase workload for me and a potential dangerous situation due to weather and increased workload due to our Supervisor's poor coordination and not knowing how the facility and our area work. It also caused [an aircraft] to divert.Make sure the supervisors are aware of what is going on in their areas. More and more supervisors are oblivious to how the operation actually works and work on communication between the FLM and the controller actually working the traffic.

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Attributes
ACN	1375189
Time
Date	201607
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZFW.ARTCC
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Enroute
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 4
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

ZFW controller holding aircraft was told by their supervisor they could clear the aircraft to the airport. The controller attempted to handoff the first aircraft to approach; but approach refused the handoff.