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A dispatcher reported that a commercial weather product used by his company does not reference north atlantic air traffic agencies' SIGMET and hazardous weather reports causing miscommunication and confusion.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1028566 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201208 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | No Aircraft |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Dispatcher |
| Qualification | Dispatch Dispatcher |
| Experience | Dispatch Dispatch 25 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
Wsi SIGMET products lack the SIGMET identification numbers e.g. S1 or C1 as issued by the controlling authority like gander or shanwick or any other. It makes it hard to coordinate SIGMET and hazardous weather information when crews refer to a SIGMET by a number given to them by ATC. The dispatcher then goes looking for it; but will never find or identify the SIGMET they are referring to by its proper tag number. This is so frustrating and flat out dangerous. We must have the SIGMET tag numbers attached to the SIGMET header line as issued from the original issuer.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Dispatcher reported that a Commercial Weather product used by his Company does not reference North Atlantic Air Traffic Agencies' SIGMET and Hazardous Weather reports causing miscommunication and confusion.
Narrative: WSI SIGMET products lack the SIGMET identification numbers e.g. S1 or C1 as issued by the controlling authority like Gander or Shanwick or any other. It makes it hard to coordinate SIGMET and Hazardous Weather information when crews refer to a SIGMET by a number given to them by ATC. The Dispatcher then goes looking for it; but will never find or identify the SIGMET they are referring to by its proper tag number. This is so frustrating and flat out dangerous. We must have the SIGMET tag numbers attached to the SIGMET header line as issued from the original issuer.
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.