Narrative:

The crew sent an ACARS message stating they had a left rev unlock message and one minute later another message stating 'ran iac and QRH....no yaw....operations normal'. I did not see these 2 messages for about 2 minutes after they were sent. As I was looking in the QRH for the procedures; the crew stated that they wanted to continue to the filed destination. I was asking another dispatcher and maintenance control if I was missing anything because they wanted to continue. I replied to the crew stating that I copied the unlock message and was not sure what the iac was. I asked; if that was the initial action checklist? Was their reverser stowed? And were they at single engine procedures now? According to my radar they were about half way between two divert stations; both about 60 NM away at this time. The crew responded that both engines at normal; they only had indication and no adverse affect. I responded that I would like them to divert at this time based on QRH procedures to land at nearest suitable but if they were too close to the nearest airport go to the next nearest suitable. I was thinking that do [to] their altitude; the descent would take just as long to make the turns for the first airport as it would to continue to the next in case my radar was off by 10 miles or so. The second airport would also be easier for any customs issues. The crew wanted to know why I wanted to use the second airport with the short runway and I responded that the runway was 10;000 ft eventually; the crew called on a commercial radio and we discussed that I wanted them to divert to nearest suitable. I asked them for present altitude; approximately 18;000 ft; how long it would take them to get down to the ground. They responded with 5-10 minutes. Based on location and altitude I said that it would take just as long to make the turns for the second airport and I told them to continue to the filed destination since they were about 15 minutes out.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CRJ200 EICAS alerted L REV UNLOCK so the QRH was complied with and after discussion with Dispatch they continued to their filed destination.

Narrative: The crew sent an ACARS message stating they had a L REV UNLOCK MSG and one minute later another message stating 'RAN IAC AND QRH....NO YAW....OPS NORMAL'. I did not see these 2 messages for about 2 minutes after they were sent. As I was looking in the QRH for the procedures; the crew stated that they wanted to continue to the filed destination. I was asking another Dispatcher and Maintenance Control if I was missing anything because they wanted to continue. I replied to the crew stating that I copied the unlock message and was not sure what the IAC was. I asked; if that was the Initial Action Checklist? Was their reverser stowed? And were they at single engine procedures now? According to my radar they were about half way between two divert stations; both about 60 NM away at this time. The crew responded that both engines at normal; they only had indication and no adverse affect. I responded that I would like them to divert at this time based on QRH procedures to land at nearest suitable but if they were too close to the nearest airport go to the next nearest suitable. I was thinking that do [to] their altitude; the descent would take just as long to make the turns for the first airport as it would to continue to the next in case my radar was off by 10 miles or so. The second airport would also be easier for any customs issues. The crew wanted to know why I wanted to use the second airport with the short runway and I responded that the runway was 10;000 FT eventually; the crew called on a commercial radio and we discussed that I wanted them to divert to nearest suitable. I asked them for present altitude; approximately 18;000 FT; how long it would take them to get down to the ground. They responded with 5-10 minutes. Based on location and altitude I said that it would take just as long to make the turns for the second airport and I told them to continue to the filed destination since they were about 15 minutes out.

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.