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ZAU controller described a supervisory decision to change to darc operations with weather moving coupled with other computer anomalies; the reporter suggesting supervisors heed controllers recommendations regarding darc scheduling.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1028274 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201208 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZAU.ARTCC |
| State Reference | IL |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Enroute |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types |
Narrative:
The center went to darc that evening against the recommendations of the west area workers since there was a line of weather moving towards the center during the course of the late night shift. Because of the location of this weather; I believe that some of the aircraft were off their original routes after deviating. There was a lack of flight plan information being given out to the controllers from etms strips during the busiest time of the shift. All the info on aircraft was being manually coordinated through the d-side from ZMP and ZKC to us. There was also a computer glitch that showed two aircraft coming from ZMP whom we started tracks on swapping beacon codes. Therefore we had to cancel tracks and start them on new beacon codes. This happened twice. When controllers tell the supervisors that they would not recommend going to darc during weather moving into range; they should seriously consider rescheduling the computer going down.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZAU Controller described a supervisory decision to change to DARC operations with weather moving coupled with other computer anomalies; the reporter suggesting supervisors heed controllers recommendations regarding DARC scheduling.
Narrative: The Center went to DARC that evening against the recommendations of the West Area workers since there was a line of weather moving towards the center during the course of the late night shift. Because of the location of this weather; I believe that some of the aircraft were off their original routes after deviating. There was a lack of flight plan information being given out to the controllers from ETMS strips during the busiest time of the shift. All the info on aircraft was being manually coordinated through the D-Side from ZMP and ZKC to us. There was also a computer glitch that showed two aircraft coming from ZMP whom we started tracks on swapping beacon codes. Therefore we had to cancel tracks and start them on new beacon codes. This happened twice. When controllers tell the supervisors that they would not recommend going to DARC during weather moving into range; they should seriously consider rescheduling the computer going down.
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.