ZDC controller voiced concern regarding several new published arrival procedures that contain altitu...

Narrative:

A B737 was assigned to cross the buzzy intersection at 11;000 ft as per the LOA between ZDC and rduz. The B737 was switched to rduz. A few minutes later I noticed the B737 did not cross buzzy at 11;000 ft but more like 12;800 ft. I believe this is a direct result of rduz clearing the aircraft to 'descend via' the RASKL1 arrival which in turn deletes any previous altitude restrictions. The RASKL1 arrival differs from the ZDC/rduz LOA in that the STAR indicates to cross buzzy at or above 11;000 ft. This is a safety issue. Recommendation; the RASKL1 arrival along with the FRAZI1; MEYER1 and ZODAS1 arrivals need to comply with altitude restrictions already contained in the ZDC/rdu LOA. Until such time; these arrivals should not be in use.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZDC Controller voiced concern regarding several new published arrival procedures that contain altitude restrictions that are not compliant with existing LOA's.

Narrative: A B737 was assigned to cross the BUZZY Intersection at 11;000 FT as per the LOA between ZDC and RDUZ. The B737 was switched to RDUZ. A few minutes later I noticed the B737 did not cross BUZZY at 11;000 FT but more like 12;800 FT. I believe this is a direct result of RDUZ clearing the aircraft to 'descend via' the RASKL1 arrival which in turn deletes any previous altitude restrictions. The RASKL1 arrival differs from the ZDC/RDUZ LOA in that the STAR indicates to cross BUZZY at or above 11;000 FT. This is a safety issue. Recommendation; the RASKL1 arrival along with the FRAZI1; MEYER1 and ZODAS1 arrivals need to comply with altitude restrictions already contained in the ZDC/RDU LOA. Until such time; these arrivals should not be in use.

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.

Attributes
ACN	912417
Time
Date	201010
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZDC.ARTCC
State Reference	VA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	STAR RASKL1
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

ZDC controller voiced concern regarding several new published arrival procedures that contain altitude restrictions that are not compliant with existing LOA's.