ZTL CTLR CONCERNED ABOUT INCORRECT AUTOMATED HDOF FROM ZTL TO WRONG A80 APCH CTL SECTOR.

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AUTOMATION CONTINUALLY FLASHES (HANDS OFF) ACFT TO THE WRONG ATL APCH (A80) SECTORS. THEY KNOW OF THE PROB BUT ARE NOT FIXING IT UNTIL OCTOBER. THE SAFETY ASPECT OF AIRSPACE DEV HAS INCREASED POTENTIAL DUE TO THIS GLITCH. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: CTLR STATES THAT THE HDOF PROBS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW A80 CONFIGN REALIGNMENT WHICH ASSIMILATED MACON AND COLUMBUS APCH CTLS. ACFT ENTERING INTO THE A80 AIRSPACE AT 10000 FT AND BELOW ARE INVOLVED. ZTL CTLRS HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT THE PROB WILL BE RESOLVED IN EARLY OCTOBER; AT THE NEXT FAA NATIONAL 56 DAY CYCLE AUTOMATION UPDATE. PRESENTLY; ACFT FREQUENTLY ARE AUTOMATICALLY HANDED OFF TO THE SECOND A80 INTERNAL SECTOR AND NOT THE NEXT ADJOINING ZTL SECTOR. THE CTLR ADVISED THAT HE WOULD NORMALLY HAND OFF HIS INBOUND TO A80 SECTOR A4LD; BUT THE AUTOMATION WOULD HDOF TO A1F INSTEAD. CLOSELY AT THE XFERRED DATA BLOCK NOMENCLATURE TO SEE WHICH SECTOR ACCEPTED THE HDOF -- IF THEY ACCEPTED THE HDOF -- TO ENSURE YOU WERE XFERRING IT TO THE ONE INTENDED.