ARTCC CTLR CONCERNED WITH NAVAID MAINT RELEASE TIMING DURING HVY TFC PERIODS. RPTR CITES FILED UCR TO SUPPORT HIS CONCERNS.

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SEE THE ATTACHED UCR FOR THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROB AND THE MGMNT RESPONSE LETTERS. BASICALLY I AGREE THAT NAVAIDS SHOULD BE RELEASED FOR SCHEDULED MAINT. WHAT I HAVE A BIG PROB WITH IS THE TIMING OF THE OUTAGE. AGAIN; I STATE; 'SCHEDULED MAINT SHOULD BE SCHEDULED FOR PERIODS OF LIGHT TFC; NOT FOR THE HEAVIEST TFC PERIOD OF THE DAY!' AFTER READING THE RESPONSES TO MY UCR; I FEEL THAT THE NASA RPT PROCESS IS THE ONLY WAY TO EXPRESS ANY PROBS AND GET THEM TO AN 'OUTSIDE' PARTY'S DATABASE. I DON'T KNOW IF NASA CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS TYPE OF DECISION MAKING THAT IS GOING ON IN THE FAA; BUT IT IS NICE TO KNOW THAT IF ANYTHING HAPPENS BECAUSE OF THESE TYPES OF DECISIONS; THAT THERE IS A RECORD OF THESE PROBS IN AN OUTSIDE AGENCY. THE TXK VORTAC WAS RELEASED FOR MAINT FROM XA00-XB00 CST ON JAN/THU/98. THE DAL SID RTE OVER TXK IS THE BUSIEST OF 4 MAJOR EBOUND DEP RTES FROM THE DFW TERMINAL AREA. THE TIME PERIOD XA00-XB00 IS THE BUSIEST DEP RUSH OF THE DAY FOR ACFT OVERFLYING TXK ON THE DAL SID. AS THIS WAS SCHEDULED MAINT; THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED FOR A PERIOD OF 'LIGHT TFC;' NOT WHEN THE SECTOR ABOVE TXK IS ALWAYS 'RED' DUE TO TFC VOLUME!