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ZME controller voiced concern regarding tma equipment functionality describing anomalies.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 828253 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200903 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZME.ARTCC |
| State Reference | TN |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Enroute |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Other TMA Equipment |
Narrative:
Air carrier X (tup./.mem) was proposed to depart at XA00Z. Tup ATCT called at XA01Z for release on this aircraft to mem. Systems operations personnel monitoring traffic management analysis (tma) were called to schedule release. Aircraft X was released at XA45Z; indicating that there were significant delays inbound to mem. Aircraft X departed tup at XA45Z and immediately showed a +9 minute airborne delay to mem. Due to physical distance and flying time to mem; this aircraft was not able to lose 9 minutes of flying time without being issued 2 360-degree turns. Tma should have scheduled the departure on this aircraft later than XA45Z in order for aircraft to take delay on the ground saving the customer fuel. In order to manipulate the tma; systems operations personnel suspended the aircraft from having to comply with metering times corrupting the system as a whole.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZME Controller voiced concern regarding TMA equipment functionality describing anomalies.
Narrative: Air Carrier X (TUP./.MEM) was proposed to depart at XA00Z. TUP ATCT called at XA01Z for release on this aircraft to MEM. Systems Operations personnel monitoring Traffic Management Analysis (TMA) were called to schedule release. Aircraft X was released at XA45Z; indicating that there were significant delays inbound to MEM. Aircraft X departed TUP at XA45Z and immediately showed a +9 minute airborne delay to MEM. Due to physical distance and flying time to MEM; this aircraft was not able to lose 9 minutes of flying time without being issued 2 360-degree turns. TMA should have scheduled the departure on this aircraft later than XA45Z in order for aircraft to take delay on the ground saving the customer fuel. In order to manipulate the TMA; Systems Operations personnel suspended the aircraft from having to comply with metering times corrupting the system as a whole.
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.