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Automated pointout procedure does not work when displaying traffic at a position that has been combined at another position. Reporter thinks this is unsafe.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 351073 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199610 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller military : 8 controller non radar : 2 controller radar : 12 flight time total : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 351073 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
All aircraft were deviating all directions requiring pointouts to be made to all adjacent-airspace-controllers. This is done by ARTS function ie, XXX to display on 'X,' 'DR4' scope if DR4 is not open or combined with another position it should display there (at combined position). This does not occur and is unsafe!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AUTOMATED POINTOUT PROC DOES NOT WORK WHEN DISPLAYING TFC AT A POS THAT HAS BEEN COMBINED AT ANOTHER POS. RPTR THINKS THIS IS UNSAFE.
Narrative: ALL ACFT WERE DEVIATING ALL DIRECTIONS REQUIRING POINTOUTS TO BE MADE TO ALL ADJACENT-AIRSPACE-CTLRS. THIS IS DONE BY ARTS FUNCTION IE, XXX TO DISPLAY ON 'X,' 'DR4' SCOPE IF DR4 IS NOT OPEN OR COMBINED WITH ANOTHER POS IT SHOULD DISPLAY THERE (AT COMBINED POS). THIS DOES NOT OCCUR AND IS UNSAFE!
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.