Narrative:

Metering was initiated and air carrier X appeared in metering list with a +7 time; meaning that it was necessary to incur a 7 minute airborne delay. Air carrier Y indicated a +1. According to the traffic management analysis (tma) metering list; air carrier Y was sequenced in front of air carrier X. Air carrier X was 30 miles in front of air carrier Y. After manually swapping aircraft in sequence list; air carrier X appeared with a +5 minute delay while air carrier Y indicated no delay.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZME Controller described traffic management analysis (TMA) equipment anomaly.

Narrative: Metering was initiated and Air Carrier X appeared in metering list with a +7 time; meaning that it was necessary to incur a 7 minute airborne delay. Air Carrier Y indicated a +1. According to the Traffic Management Analysis (TMA) metering list; Air Carrier Y was sequenced in front of Air Carrier X. Air Carrier X was 30 miles in front of Air Carrier Y. After manually swapping aircraft in sequence list; Air Carrier X appeared with a +5 minute delay while Air Carrier Y indicated no delay.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.