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ZAU controller is challenged by new equipment (user request evaluation tool -- uret) and believes deployment is dangerous.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 593612 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200309 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zau.artcc |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller non radar : 12 controller radar : 8 |
| ASRS Report | 593612 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Navigational Facility ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | computer equipment : zau.artcc procedure or policy : zau.artcc |
Narrative:
Uret is being deployed, creating confusion, redundant coordination, excess verbal communication, and a general decline in controller efficiency. Uret was not designed to replace flight progress strips, and is not an adequate replacement. Uret requires much scrolling, scanning, waiting for screens to refresh, etc, creating a level of controller unawareness unprecedented in our facility. This situation is dangerous!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZAU CTLR IS CHALLENGED BY NEW EQUIP (USER REQUEST EVALUATION TOOL -- URET) AND BELIEVES DEPLOYMENT IS DANGEROUS.
Narrative: URET IS BEING DEPLOYED, CREATING CONFUSION, REDUNDANT COORD, EXCESS VERBAL COM, AND A GENERAL DECLINE IN CTLR EFFICIENCY. URET WAS NOT DESIGNED TO REPLACE FLT PROGRESS STRIPS, AND IS NOT AN ADEQUATE REPLACEMENT. URET REQUIRES MUCH SCROLLING, SCANNING, WAITING FOR SCREENS TO REFRESH, ETC, CREATING A LEVEL OF CTLR UNAWARENESS UNPRECEDENTED IN OUR FACILITY. THIS SIT IS DANGEROUS!
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.