Air carrier dispatcher reported concern about a proposed new procedure that would generate suggested...

Narrative:

[My airline] is conducting a trial of a boeing system to identify enroute opportunities for more direct routing. The system; called boeing direct routes; claims to use dynamic weather; traffic; and airspace configuration to generate a real-time ACARS text notification to flight crews while enroute without dispatcher's prior knowledge; for a savings opportunity. This system claims to monitor weather and traffic in real time to further optimize routings and provide additional savings; however the sources of their information is not disclosed.the system identifies and 'then notifies' the aircraft when an opportunity for a wind-optimal direct routing exists. The flight crew will be notified via ACARS text that a savings opportunity exists with an automated advisory message. Dispatch will also be notified of the advisory via screen printer; but will not have any advance notice of a proposed reroute to properly evaluate for safety and regulatory compliance.[my airline] is testing a program that will intentionally violate the aircraft dispatchers responsibility to comply with far 121.533; 121.535 and 121.601 by issuing instructions to flight crews while enroute; which will not allow the dispatcher to ensure safety because of the lack of advance notice.[my airline] needs to cease any addition testing of this program until it can prove it will allow the dispatcher to ensure safety while enroute.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier Dispatcher reported concern about a proposed new procedure that would generate suggested route changes directly to flight crews without Dispatcher review in the interest of cost savings.

Narrative: [My airline] is conducting a trial of a Boeing system to identify enroute opportunities for more direct routing. The system; called Boeing Direct Routes; claims to use dynamic weather; traffic; and airspace configuration to generate a real-time ACARS text notification to flight crews while enroute without dispatcher's prior knowledge; for a savings opportunity. This system claims to monitor weather and traffic in real time to further optimize routings and provide additional savings; however the sources of their information is not disclosed.The system identifies and 'then notifies' the aircraft when an opportunity for a wind-optimal direct routing exists. The flight crew will be notified via ACARS text that a savings opportunity exists with an automated advisory message. Dispatch will also be notified of the advisory via screen printer; but will not have any advance notice of a proposed reroute to properly evaluate for safety and regulatory compliance.[My airline] is testing a program that will intentionally violate the aircraft dispatchers responsibility to comply with FAR 121.533; 121.535 and 121.601 by issuing instructions to flight crews while enroute; which will not allow the dispatcher to ensure safety because of the lack of advance notice.[My airline] needs to cease any addition testing of this program until it can prove it will allow the dispatcher to ensure safety while enroute.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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	1518256
Time
Date	201802
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Person 1
Function	Dispatcher
Qualification	Dispatch Dispatcher
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Air carrier dispatcher reported concern about a proposed new procedure that would generate suggested route changes directly to flight crews without dispatcher review in the interest of cost savings.