RPTR CLAIMS COMPUTER GENERATED FIX NAMES ARE BECOMING UNPRONOUNCEABLE. RPTR'S OPINION THESE HAVE NO ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION AND COULD LEAD TO; AT THE LEAST; AN OPDEV.

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MY CONCERN IS NOT A PARTICULAR EVENT AND/OR SIT. HOWEVER; I DO BELIEVE THAT A SIT WILL EVENTUALLY OCCUR DUE TO CONFUSION OR MISCOM. VARIOUS FIX NAMES; IE; RADAR/DME/GPS/RNAV/INTXNS ARE BECOMING UN-PRONOUNCEABLE. THESE FIXES ARE COMPUTER GENERATED AND ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT CHKED FOR PRONUNCIATION. THE AIR TFC CTLR'S HANDBOOK FAA ORDER 7110.65 REQUIRES CTLRS TO CLR ACFT TO FIXES FOR ROUTINGS; APCH CLRNCS; HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS; ETC. AN INCREASING NUMBER OF THESE FIXES; AT LEAST IN MY OPINION; HAVE NO ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION. I BELIEVE EVENTUALLY THIS IS GOING TO ATTRIBUTE TO; IF NOT A HAZARDOUS; CATASTROPHIC OCCURRENCE -- AT LEAST AN OPDEV. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THE TOPIC WAS DISCUSSED AMONG A GROUP OF CTLRS BUT THAT TO RPTR'S KNOWLEDGE IT HAS NOT BEEN PURSUED AT THE FACILITY LEVEL OR IF IT HAS BEEN ELEVATED OUTSIDE THE FACILITY. RPTR IS CONSIDERING USING THE ADMINISTRATOR'S HOTLINE. RPTR FELT THE CTR COMPUTER PROGRAM SHOULD BE CHANGED TO ACCEPT MORE THAN THE 5 CHARACTER LIMITATION CURRENTLY IN USE WHICH WOULD PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBILITY TO GENERATING UNDERSTANDABLE FIX NAMES/SIDS.