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Dispatcher failed to provide flight crew with updated WX related information as required by the FARS.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 271267 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199404 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dtw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 271267 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On this day, there was a large area of frontal related thunderstorm activity extending from near st louis to central texas. I was working the southeast sector of the united states with numerous flts being affected by WX related items such as: WX avoidance routings, ATC rertes, unplanned fuel lndgs due to extensive rertes, aircraft mechanical problems en route, significant and changing meteorological conditions, sigmets, etc. Due to a large volume of flts in the air and an overwhelming number of associated problems, I was unable to provide in a timely fashion to several PIC, the significant WX phenomena (sigmets) that existed. Management did not provide an adequate number of dispatchers to comply with far 121.395. Due to excessive workload I failed to comply with far 121.533 and 121.601 in a timely fashion.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DISPATCHER FAILED TO PROVIDE FLC WITH UPDATED WX RELATED INFO AS REQUIRED BY THE FARS.
Narrative: ON THIS DAY, THERE WAS A LARGE AREA OF FRONTAL RELATED TSTM ACTIVITY EXTENDING FROM NEAR ST LOUIS TO CENTRAL TEXAS. I WAS WORKING THE SE SECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES WITH NUMEROUS FLTS BEING AFFECTED BY WX RELATED ITEMS SUCH AS: WX AVOIDANCE ROUTINGS, ATC RERTES, UNPLANNED FUEL LNDGS DUE TO EXTENSIVE RERTES, ACFT MECHANICAL PROBS ENRTE, SIGNIFICANT AND CHANGING METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, SIGMETS, ETC. DUE TO A LARGE VOLUME OF FLTS IN THE AIR AND AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF ASSOCIATED PROBS, I WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE IN A TIMELY FASHION TO SEVERAL PIC, THE SIGNIFICANT WX PHENOMENA (SIGMETS) THAT EXISTED. MGMNT DID NOT PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE NUMBER OF DISPATCHERS TO COMPLY WITH FAR 121.395. DUE TO EXCESSIVE WORKLOAD I FAILED TO COMPLY WITH FAR 121.533 AND 121.601 IN A TIMELY FASHION.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.