ZJX CTLR VOICED CONCERN REGARDING LATE DECISIONS AND POOR PLANNING BY TFC MGMNT REF NECESSARY ROUTING CHANGES BECAUSE OF WX FACTORS.
Synopsis
ZJX CTLR VOICED CONCERN REGARDING LATE DECISIONS AND POOR PLANNING BY TFC MGMNT REF NECESSARY ROUTING CHANGES BECAUSE OF WX FACTORS.
Narrative
I WAS WORKING THE R58 RADAR SECTOR AT ZJX. THE R15 RADAR SECTOR WHICH IS 2 SECTORS AWAY WAS HEAVILY IMPACTED WITH WX FROM W OF TALLAHASSEE TO SE OF ORLANDO. THE SECTOR FROM THE NNW WAS STILL ROUTING ACFT AT THE KNOWN WX AND NOTHING WAS BEING DONE FROM THE TMU TO REROUTE THE ACFT AWAY. THE SUPVR FOR THE GULF AREA (R15) AND THE SUPVR FOR THE S AREA (R57) COORD WITH THE R57 CTLR AND THE R58 CTLR (ME). WE CAME UP WITH A PLAN TO TAKE ALL ACFT ACROSS THE DEP SECTOR FOR ORLANDO (R57) AND DELIVER THEM TO ME (R58). WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF COORDINATING WITH BOTH AREAS; 3 CTLRS AND ORLANDO APCH TO HELP KEEP THE ACFT FROM HAVING TO ENTER KNOWN TSTM. THIS WAS DONE AT THE LAST MIN AND DID NOT SERVE THE USERS (AIRLINES; PLTS; AND PAX) VERY WELL. IF THIS ACTION WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE 100 MI BEFORE; ALL PLANES WOULD HAVE BEEN LESS IMPACTED AND SAFETY WOULD HAVE BEEN HIGHER. ALL ACFT WERE ROUTED N OF THE PRECIP AND WERE WORKED OVER OMN VOR INTO ORLANDO APCH'S AIRSPACE WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WITH HAPPY PLTS. DURING THIS TIME OTHER OVERFLT ACFT TRANSITIONED THE R58 AIRSPACE AND WERE GIVEN WX CALLS BEFORE REACHING THE PRECIP; THAT WAS OUTSIDE OF R58'S AIRSPACE. THIS CTR (ZJX) CONTINUES TO SEND ACFT AT KNOWN WX PHENOMENON AND LEAVE IT TO THE CTLR TO AT THE LAST MIN TURN ACFT AWAY FROM TSTMS AND TRAVERSE OTHER SECTORS SOMETIMES ONLY AS POINTOUTS DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY OF THE LAST MIN COORD AND NOT THINKING FAR ENOUGH IN ADVANCE FOR WX SITUATIONS. WE ALSO RUN THEM AT MIL AIRSPACE THAT IS ACTIVE AND HOPE THAT THE MIL CTLR CAN ACCEPT A POINTOUT. IF UNABLE; THE MGMNT EXPECTS THE PLT TO DECLARE AN EMER TO ENTER THE AIRSPACE OR REVERSE COURSE. THIS IS A BAD PRACTICE THAT NEEDS TO STOP. WE CONTINUE TO RUN ACFT AT TSTMS; LEAVING IT UP TO THE PLT TO DECLARE THAT HE WILL NOT CONTINUE ON THE RTE ONLY MAKING THE CTLR CALL WX AND IF THE CTLR FAILS TO CALL WX TO ONE ACFT; NOT ONLY DOES HE GET WRITTEN UP ON A REMOTE PERFORMANCE OBSERVATION; THE CTLR IS OPENED UP TO LIABILITY FOR THE LACK OF THE FAA MGMNT TEAM (TFC MGMNT UNIT INCLUDED) TO DO A JOB THAT WOULD HELP KEEP ACFT SAFE.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.