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ZJX controller expressed concern regarding the continued routing of aircraft through known weather and turbulence; indicating traffic management was reluctant to re-route traffic because of facility traffic delay numbers.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 870309 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201001 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZJX.ARTCC |
| State Reference | FL |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A330 |
| 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 Military 5 Air Traffic Control Radar 12.5 Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (mon) 6 Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 3 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
While working ZJX ultra high sector 87; aircraft were forced through the weather instead of being routed around. There was light turbulence at FL350-FL370 and moderate turbulence at FL390. FL410 had reports of continuous light turbulence. ZJX management and tmu didn't try to reroute aircraft around the weather or ground stop the departures to the north from tpa and mco. It is my opinion that ZJX management and tmu refuses to reroute aircraft because they don't want any delays assigned to ZJX. This is totally unsatisfactory and unsafe. Before I knew it; the heavy airbus was in severe turbulence at FL410 over tay VOR. Earlier 2 aircraft declared emergencies due to the turbulence. One aircraft flamed out and had to restart and the other received an indicator light. It has been an unsafe work day at ZJX.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZJX Controller expressed concern regarding the continued routing of aircraft through known weather and turbulence; indicating traffic management was reluctant to re-route traffic because of facility traffic delay numbers.
Narrative: While working ZJX ultra high sector 87; aircraft were forced through the weather instead of being routed around. There was light turbulence at FL350-FL370 and moderate turbulence at FL390. FL410 had reports of continuous light turbulence. ZJX management and TMU didn't try to reroute aircraft around the weather or ground stop the departures to the north from TPA and MCO. It is my opinion that ZJX management and TMU refuses to reroute aircraft because they don't want any delays assigned to ZJX. This is totally unsatisfactory and unsafe. Before I knew it; the heavy Airbus was in severe turbulence at FL410 over TAY VOR. Earlier 2 aircraft declared emergencies due to the turbulence. One aircraft flamed out and had to restart and the other received an indicator light. It has been an unsafe work day at ZJX.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.