ZFW CTLR EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION REGARDING SUPERVISORY ACTION DURING BUSY COMPLEX TFC SIT.

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I WAS WORKING THE RADAR ASSOCIATE POS ON A HIGH ALT SECTOR RESPONSIBLE MOSTLY FOR SEQUENCING ACFT INTO THE DFW AREA. THERE WAS TRAINING IN PROGRESS ON THE RADAR POS; WITH MODERATE TO HVY TFC FOR THE PREVIOUS 45 MINS. THE CIC HAD INFORMED US THAT TMU SAID WE COULD TAKE A COUPLE OF THE SE CORNER POST TO THE SW CORNER POST BECAUSE OF HIGH VOLUME. THE ACFT WE ELECTED TO TAKE TO THE SW CORNER POST WAS COMING FROM A NON STANDARD ROUTING S OF THE STANDARD TRANSITION AND STILL IN ZHU'S AIRSPACE. WE NOTIFIED THE CIC AND; AS HE CALLED TMU; I CALLED HOUSTON AND INFORMED THEM OF THE NEW RTE AND REASON; REQUESTED THEM TO ISSUE IT. I ACCEPTED A POINTOUT SINCE THE ACFT WOULD TRANSITION THE SOUTHERN MOST SECTION OF OUR AIRSPACE. AFTER THE ACFT HAD TRAVELED APPROX 100 MI ON THE NEW RTE AND WAS 10-15 MI FROM EXITING OUR AIRSPACE TO THE W; I OVERHEARD THE CIC EXPLAINING TO TMU WE DIDN'T HAVE COMS WITH THE ACFT; HAD NOWHERE TO DSND THE ACFT WITHOUT A 360 DEG TURN; AND DIDN'T HAVE THE ROOM TO TAKE THE ACFT ON A DUAL ARR. (THE DUAL ARR IS GENERALLY NOT AN OPTION ON S FLOW FOR MY AREA AND THERE ARE REVISED ALT RESTRS THAT CAUSE NEED FOR EARLY PLANNING FOR ADDITIONAL SPACING ON THE STANDARD ARR.) WHILE THE CIC WAS TALKING TO TMU ON VSCS; A SUPVR FOR THE AREA WHO HAD BEEN IN MEETINGS AND HAD NOT BEEN BRIEFED; OR IN CHARGE; CAME INTO THE AREA AND ANSWERED THE TELEPHONE. AS SOON AS HE GOT OFF THE TELEPHONE; THE SUPVR INFORMED US AT THE SECTOR THAT THE OPS MGR SAID TO GET COMS WITH THE ACFT IN QUESTION AND PUT HIM ON THE DUAL. I CALLED THE ADJACENT SECTOR AND REQUESTED A HDOF AND COMS AND ASKED IF THEY COULD ACCEPT A POINTOUT WITH THE ACFT DSNDING AND SPINNING; WHICH THEY APPROVED. THE SUPVR CALLED DFW APCH AND REQUESTED A WAIVER ON THE ALT RESTRS FOR THE OTHER AFT; WHICH WAS APPROVED. THE SUPVR CALLED DFW APCH AND REQUESTED A WAIVER ON THE ALT RESTRS FOR THE OTHER ACFT; WHICH WAS APPROVED. THE INTERMEDIATE SECTOR INFORMED US THEY HAD TFC BELOW THE ACFT THAT WAS DSNDING AND SPINNING AND I REALIZED WE HAD THE ACFT IN QUESTION TURNING WITH THE WIND AND AT ANOTHER ACFT AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR SECTOR. I SLID OVER TO CONFER WITH THE RADAR ASSOCIATE AT THE INTERMEDIATE SECTOR FOR A LOWER ALT ON ONE OF THE ACFT. ABOUT THE TIME WE GOT AN ALT WORKED OUT AND ISSUED TO THE OTHER ACFT; THE CONFLICT ALERT ACTIVATED.