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A dispatcher concerned with company's lack of compliance with updating the terminal area forecast for major terminals in the face of changing WX conditions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 616983 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200405 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 msl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Weather Elements | Thunderstorm |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel |
| ASRS Report | 616983 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather non adherence : far non adherence : company policies other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Weather |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Shift began at XA00Z. At that time, the NWS terminal area forecast for dfw had vcts until XF00Z. Company had no precipitation in the terminal area forecast. NWS had sigmets out for north texas. As the area of thunderstorms moved towards dfw from the south, we asked company for a new terminal area forecast. They refused! At XD12Z, dfw had a WX special for thunderstorms overhead. At XD22Z, company sent new terminal area forecast. We cannot plan flts based on after casts.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DISPATCHER CONCERNED WITH COMPANY'S LACK OF COMPLIANCE WITH UPDATING THE TERMINAL AREA FORECAST FOR MAJOR TERMINALS IN THE FACE OF CHANGING WX CONDITIONS.
Narrative: SHIFT BEGAN AT XA00Z. AT THAT TIME, THE NWS TERMINAL AREA FORECAST FOR DFW HAD VCTS UNTIL XF00Z. COMPANY HAD NO PRECIP IN THE TERMINAL AREA FORECAST. NWS HAD SIGMETS OUT FOR NORTH TEXAS. AS THE AREA OF TSTMS MOVED TOWARDS DFW FROM THE S, WE ASKED COMPANY FOR A NEW TERMINAL AREA FORECAST. THEY REFUSED! AT XD12Z, DFW HAD A WX SPECIAL FOR TSTMS OVERHEAD. AT XD22Z, COMPANY SENT NEW TERMINAL AREA FORECAST. WE CANNOT PLAN FLTS BASED ON AFTER CASTS.
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.