ZJX CTLR DESCRIBED VERY BUSY TFC EVENT REQUIRING HOLDING FOR SEVERAL ARPTS; ALLEGING TRAFFIC MGMNT FAILED TO PLAN PROPERLY.

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SECTOR R47 WENT INTO HOLD STATUS FOR ATLANTA AND CHARLOTTE LNDG TFC. NO PLAN WAS INITIATED BY FLOW CTL AS TO WHAT AND WHERE THESE ACFT WERE SUPPOSED TO ENTER HOLD; NOR HOW LONG THIS HOLD WAS TO BE INITIATED FOR. THERE WERE NUMEROUS QUESTIONS FROM ACFT TO FLOW AS TO HOW LONG; THE REASON AND WHAT THE ACTUAL PLAN WAS FOR THIS SITUATION WAS TO REMAIN IN EFFECT. AFTER NEARLY 30 MINS; AND STILL NO PLAN FROM FLOW CTL; WE ENTERED THE ACFT INTO HOLDING AT 1 FIX FOR CHARLOTTE TFC AND NEGOTIATED WITH AN ADJACENT SECTOR TO HOLD ATLANTA INBOUND ACFT BELOW OUR STRATUM IN ORDER TO RETAIN ORDER WITH THE NUMEROUS OVERFLT TRACKS WE HAD. WX WAS BEGINNING TO IMPACT THE ARR FOR THE HUSTN TRANSITION INTO CLT. OTHER SBOUND OVERFLT ACFT WERE DEVIATING FOR THAT WX AS WELL. AT NO POINT DID MGMNT; FLOW CTL; OR ANY OTHER PERSON OF INFLUENCE; TRY AND DEVELOP AN OPTION TO LIGHTEN THE IMPACT ON THIS SECTOR. AS A MATTER OF FACT; THE RESTRS WERE INCREASED AND MORE STRAIN WAS PLACE ON THE PROCS IN PLACE FOR THOSE PARTICULAR ARPTS; ATL AND CLT. TOO MANY TIMES DURING THAT SESSION WE MOVED ACFT INTO WRONG ALT FOR DIRECTION OF FLT IN ORDER TO MISS TRANSITIONING ACFT OR THOSE PLACED INTO HOLDING; RAISING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR HAVING AN OPERROR. THIS IS BECOMING A VERY FAMILIAR PRACTICE AND PLACES ACR; PVT; AND MIL PLTS AND THE ATC CTLRS WORKING THIS TFC INTO A COMPLETELY UNSAFE SITUATION. FLOW CTL AT ZJX IS OUT OF CTL AND COMPLETELY INCOMPETENT TO MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING AIR TFC IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. THIS MATTER IS JUST ONE OF MANY THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED BY PLANNING AHEAD AND ACTING IN A REAL TIME MANNER INSTEAD OF REACTING TO THE SITUATION AND FORCING THOSE INVOLVED INTO AN UNSAFE SITUATION.