AN ACR FLT DISPATCHER IS CONCERNED THAT THERE WAS A CHANGE TO PROC. HE QUESTIONS ITS LEGALITY AND DOES NOT LIKE THE FACT THAT IT WAS NOT POSTED IN THE READ FILE.

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IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTN BY ANOTHER FLT'S CAPT ON ANOTHER DESK THAT I FIELDED A PHONE CALL FOR; THAT THERE WAS A PROB IN HOW MUCH MILEAGE/FLT TIME FUEL WAS BEING ISSUED FOR DAL DIVERSIONS FROM DFW. AFTER SEVERAL PHONE CALLS TO TRY TO INVESTIGATE WHAT WAS GOING ON (IN THE PAST A DAL ALTERNATE DEFAULTED TO 35 MI TO ACCOUNT FOR THE MISSED APCH AND VECTORS TO DAL). I FOUND OUT THAT ON FRIDAY THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION BTWN SOMEONE IN THE FLT DEPT AND NAV-DATA ABOUT AN EASY WAY TO SAVE ACR'S SOME FUEL AND MONEY NOW. WHILE I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF SAVING MONEY; A LETTER FROM OUR MGMNT TEAM OR TRAINING DEPT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO ALERT THE DISPATCHERS OF THIS. NOT TO MENTION SOMEONE LOOKING INTO THE LEGAL ISSUES (FARS) OF SUCH A DRAMATIC CHANGE OF 11 MI VERSUS 35 MI. IT ALSO APPEARED FROM MY INVESTIGATION THAT THERE WAS A BREAKDOWN IN CONVERSATION BTWN THE FLT DEPT AND NAV-DATA WHEREIN A CHANGE WAS LOOKED AT; AND INPUT INTO THE COMPUTER FLT PLANNING SYS; BUT NOT APPROVED BY ANYONE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISPATCH FUNCTION AT THE ACR. THEN THOSE INVOLVED WENT HOME ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITHOUT FOLLOWING THROUGH.