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ZDC controller reported the traffic management unit's lack of assistance was causing aircraft to receive multiple reroutes.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1557304 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201807 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZDC.ARTCC |
| State Reference | VA |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Enroute |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 5 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
With weather in the northeast; aircraft were being rerouted. Aircraft X was rerouted a total of 5 times for the weather. The reroutes I gave him were numbers 4 and 5. And he was just one of many. Aircraft were constantly being rerouted multiple times it was becoming very inefficient.tmu (traffic management unit) should have a coordinator down on the floor during weather days like today so that we can get real time information on what routes these aircraft should be on. It is extremely unprofessional for us to be rerouting multiple times like this when the weather situation hasn't changed. The volume in the sector was moderate but if it had been any busier; this could have been an unsafe situation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZDC Controller reported the Traffic Management Unit's lack of assistance was causing aircraft to receive multiple reroutes.
Narrative: With weather in the Northeast; aircraft were being rerouted. Aircraft X was rerouted a total of 5 times for the weather. The reroutes I gave him were numbers 4 and 5. And he was just one of many. Aircraft were constantly being rerouted multiple times it was becoming very inefficient.TMU (Traffic Management Unit) should have a coordinator down on the floor during weather days like today so that we can get real time information on what routes these aircraft should be on. It is extremely unprofessional for us to be rerouting multiple times like this when the weather situation hasn't changed. The volume in the sector was moderate but if it had been any busier; this could have been an unsafe situation.
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.