ZFW CTLR VOICED CONCERN REGARDING SIGMET ISSUANCE REQUIREMENTS AND TIME REQUIRED FOR SAME DURING BUSY PERIODS.
Synopsis
ZFW CTLR VOICED CONCERN REGARDING SIGMET ISSUANCE REQUIREMENTS AND TIME REQUIRED FOR SAME DURING BUSY PERIODS.
Narrative
THERE IS WX ALL AROUND. NUMEROUS; SCATTERED TSTMS BUILDING AND COLLAPSING IN ALL OF TEXAS; OKLAHOMA; LOUISIANA; ARKANSAS; NEW MEXICO; ETC; AS FAR AS WE CAN SEE ON OUR OVERHEAD DISPLAY. WITHIN 300 NM OF DFW; THERE IS NOT A GAP OF MORE THAN 30 NM BTWN AREAS OF DEPICTED PRECIP ON OUR WX DISPLAYS. I AM WORKING 'DECOD-H;' THE HIGH ALT CORNER POST NE OF DFW. IT IS BUSY. I AM HANDED 7 CONVECTIVE SIGMETS. WE ARE REQUIRED TO READ THESE. NOT ONLY ARE WE REQUIRED TO READ THEM; BUT OUR AREA MGR HAS 'INTERPED' THE 7110.65 AND INSTRUCTED US THAT WE MUST STATE EACH STATE INDIVIDUALLY IN OUR BROADCAST. OF THE 7 CONVECTIVE SIGMETS; 6 HAVE TEXAS IN THEM. IT TAKES ME OVER 45 SECONDS OF AIR TIME TO READ THESE 7 SIGMETS. THIS IS AN ETERNITY ON A SEQUENCING CORNER POST. IN PREVIOUS DAYS; WE COULD HAVE SAID: 'ATTN ALL ACFT...CONVECTIVE SIGMETS XA THROUGH XG FOR TEXAS AND SURROUNDING STATES AVAILABLE ON HIWAS; FLT WATCH; OR FLT SVC FREQS' AND BEEN DONE WITH IT. NOW; BECAUSE THE WX MAN IS APPARENTLY FOLLOWING HIS OWN RULES; AND OUR AREA MGR WANTS UT TO FOLLOW HIS RULES OF ISSUING INDIVIDUAL STATES -- REPEATEDLY -- WE ARE STUCK WITH AN UNSAFE SITUATION.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.