RPTED SIT OF TFC SATURATION AFTER INFORMING THE CTR TFC MGMNT UNIT WITH RWY APCH CONFIGN. CTR TFC FLOW UNSATISFACTORY FOR RWYS 18R AND 18C. VECTORING HIGH PERFORMANCE ACFT FOR 60-70 MI WITH SPDS RESTR TO 170-190 KTS AT 6000 FT AND BELOW.

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DURING THE MIDDAY INBOUND TFC PUSH THE ZME TFC MGMNT UNIT WAS ADVISED THAT MEMPHIS APCH CTL WOULD BE CONDUCTING INST APCHS TO RWYS 18R AND 18C. RWY 27 WOULD NOT BE USED DUE TO HIGH WIND CONDITIONS. THE RESULTING FLOW OF TFC INTO THE MEMPHIS TERMINAL AREA WAS UNSATISFACTORY FOR THE CONDITIONS STATED ABOVE AND ULTIMATELY CAUSED THE AIRSPACE TO BECOME SATURATED WITH TFC. THE TFC WAS NOT METERED NOR FIXES BALANCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAA DIRECTIVES. ZME TFC MGMNT UNIT ROUTINELY ALLOWS THE ZME ARTCC SECTORS THAT SURROUND THE MEMPHIS TERMINAL AREA AS WELL AS THE MEMPHIS TERMINAL AREA TO BECOME SATURATED WITH TFC. THIS SIT CREATES A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT TO THE FLYING PUBLIC. ADDITIONALLY; RESTRICTING HIGH PERFORMANCE ACFT TO FLY AT SPDS OF 170- 190 KTS AT 6000 FT AND BELOW AND VECTORING THOSE ACFT FOR 60-70 MI AT THOSE SPDS AND ALTS IS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE USERS OF THE AIR TFC SYS. ON OCCASION ZME TFC MGMNT UNIT HAS QUESTIONED THE NEED FOR RESTRS WITH COMMENTS SUCH AS 'ARE YOU MAKING A STATEMENT?' AND ON OTHER OCCASIONS TOTALLY DISREGARDING THE INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY MEMPHIS APCH CTL AND FAILING TO PASS THE RESTRS TO THE APPROPRIATE SECTORS SURROUNDING THE MEMPHIS TERMINAL AREA BECAUSE ZME TFC MGMNT UNIT 'DIDN'T SEE THE NEED!!!' THERE APPEARS TO BE NO ACCOUNTABILITY PLACED ON THE INDIVIDUAL TFC MGMNT UNIT SPECIALISTS FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE. IF THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE AN EFFORT BY THE INDIVIDUAL TFC MGMNT UNIT SPECIALIST TO MONITOR AND ADJUST THE FLOW OF TFC AS STATED IN FAA DIRECTIVES THEN TFC MGMNT UNITS SHOULD BE ELIMINATED; AT LEAST IN THE MEMPHIS TERMINAL AREA. THERE ARE THOSE IN THE ZME TFC MGMNT UNIT WHO DO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL SVC; UNFORTUNATELY; THE PROBS OUTLINED ABOVE HAVE BECOME THE RULE RATHER THAN THE EXCEPTION.