Confused coordination/communications efforts between flm's and the tmu and inaccurate information pr...

Narrative:

Due to the lack of thorough communication between area flm's; tmu and inaccurate esis (display of information board); weather re-routes of traffic re-routed to the caribbean area were not clearly understood. As a result; and based on inaccurate and/or misinterpreted information; a sector was prematurely combined to facilitate volume to do a skill-check; not knowing that a high volume of fort lauderdale landing traffic was being rerouted due to severe weather towards this combined sector. As a result of high volume; coupled with high complexity with weather reroutes; the caribbean sectors were put in a vulnerable situation with the last minute; unexpected traffic. Nonetheless; the ATC teams worked through this well without incident. Lessons were learned with regard to the importance of thorough; timely and accurate coordination and status board displays. Recommend focusing on thorough/complete and accurate communication transfer and information display.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Confused coordination/communications efforts between FLM's and the TMU and inaccurate information provided to the controllers regarding weather required re-routes in the Caribbean caused difficulty for ZMA.

Narrative: Due to the lack of thorough communication between Area FLM's; TMU and inaccurate ESIS (display of information board); Weather re-routes of traffic re-routed to the Caribbean area were not clearly understood. As a result; and based on inaccurate and/or misinterpreted information; a sector was prematurely combined to facilitate volume to do a Skill-Check; not knowing that a high volume of Fort Lauderdale Landing traffic was being rerouted due to severe weather towards this combined sector. As a result of high volume; coupled with high complexity with weather reroutes; the Caribbean Sectors were put in a vulnerable situation with the last minute; unexpected traffic. Nonetheless; the ATC teams worked through this well without incident. Lessons were learned with regard to the importance of thorough; timely and accurate coordination and status board displays. Recommend focusing on thorough/complete and accurate communication transfer and information display.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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	992642
Time
Date	201202
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZMA.ARTCC
State Reference	FL
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Other
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types

Confused coordination/communications efforts between flm's and the tmu and inaccurate information provided to the controllers regarding weather required re-routes in the caribbean caused difficulty for ZMA.