ZFW CTLR EXPRESSED CONCERN REGARDING USER REQUEST EVAL TOOL (URET); SPECIFICALLY; UNSUCCESSFUL XMISSION (UTM) ANOMALIES.

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SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE URET TOOL AT ZZZ; THERE HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROB WITH UTM'S (UNSUCCESSFUL XMISSIONS) FOR CERTAIN FLT PLANS. THE PROB NORMALLY APPEARS ON SECTOR 30; AND SOMETIMES SECTOR 27. THE PROB (WHICH HAS BEEN REPORTED REPEATEDLY IN THE PAST TO THE LCL ZZZ URET COORDINATOR) OCCURS FOR NO APPARENT REASON. IN SIMPLE TERMS; URET DISPLAYS AN INDICATOR WHEN A FLT PLAN IS NOT SUCCESSFULLY PASSED TO THE NEXT FACILITY ALONG THE RTE OF FLT. HOWEVER; WE ROUTINELY GET THESE INDICATIONS EVEN WHEN THE RTE OF FLT NEVER GOES THROUGH THAT FACILITY. IN SECTOR 30; WE HAVE SHV APCH; GGG APCH; AND MLU APCH. FLTS WHICH NEVER GO THROUGH GGG APCH SOMETIMES GET A GGG UTM. THOSE WHICH NEVER GO THROUGH MLU APCH SOMETIMES GET A MLU UTM. AND SO ON. I HAVE EVEN OBSERVED A UTM TO BAD TWR -- AND THIS FLT WAS NEVER GOING TO OR THROUGH BAD! (BAD IS BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE IN SHREVEPORT -- NOT A DEST FOR CIVILIAN FLTS.) AGAIN; THIS PROB HAS BEEN RPTED IN THE PAST AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THIS DISCREPANCY -- WHICH CREATES ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD FOR CTLRS WHO MUST INVESTIGATE EACH AND EVERY UTM.