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Air carrier dispatcher reported missing an alternate airport requirement; attributing the error to being ill and not wanting to leave due to a company 'negative attendance' policy.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1421121 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201701 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Dispatcher |
| Qualification | Dispatch Dispatcher |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Prior to reaching top of climb; while reviewing my flights in the air; I realized that I had missed an alternate on this flight. The taf had changed after dispatch; but prior to departure. I advised the crew via ACARS; and ran numbers with the current projected fuel at his next fix (ca stated 6000 lbs; FL290). I was unable to add ZZZ as an alternate until I ran numbers with the actual payload of 9300 lbs (rounded up 200 lbs for any margin of error) I sent ZZZ weather via ACARS and amended the flight prior to top of climb.the reason this was missed by me was that I was becoming increasingly ill with a stomach virus since the late evening hours. I was actually feeling very nauseous and was trying my best to complete my shift. I have heard that we receive a negative attendance hit for leaving early due to 'failure to complete shift;' and I did not want to risk receiving this.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Dispatcher reported missing an alternate airport requirement; attributing the error to being ill and not wanting to leave due to a company 'negative attendance' policy.
Narrative: Prior to reaching top of climb; while reviewing my flights in the air; I realized that I had missed an alternate on this flight. The TAF had changed after dispatch; but prior to departure. I advised the crew via ACARS; and ran numbers with the current projected fuel at his next fix (CA stated 6000 lbs; FL290). I was unable to add ZZZ as an alternate until I ran numbers with the actual payload of 9300 lbs (rounded up 200 lbs for any margin of error) I sent ZZZ weather via ACARS and amended the flight prior to top of climb.The reason this was missed by me was that I was becoming increasingly ill with a stomach virus since the late evening hours. I was actually feeling very nauseous and was trying my best to complete my shift. I have heard that we receive a negative attendance hit for leaving early due to 'failure to complete shift;' and I did not want to risk receiving this.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.