Aviation Discussion

[Tri-CitiesVol]

@ATC_VOL

I’m interested to hear your facility’s approach on PIREPs. Is management pushing it pretty hard after the turbulence events in ZLA and ZTL?

There’s heavy pushback from our controllers because of how the OM/OS team approached it initially. I really think they need to workshop ways to make it easier to input or provide some extra incentive for doing it since it being a basic job duty doesn’t seem to be enough.

I’ve really tried making it as easy as possible in the area and I still get a hard time. I personally put them in/given them the why on what it means for pilots. How they can see the PIREPs on flight planning apps and choose altitude accordingly to miss turb or icing.

 

[ATC_VOL]

@ATC_VOL

I’m interested to hear your facility’s approach on PIREPs. Is management pushing it pretty hard after the turbulence events in ZLA and ZTL?

There’s heavy pushback from our controllers because of how the OM/OS team approached it initially. I really think they need to workshop ways to make it easier to input or provide some extra incentive for doing it since it being a basic job duty doesn’t seem to be enough.

I’ve really tried making it as easy as possible in the area and I still get a hard time. I personally put them in/given them the why on what it means for pilots. How they can see the PIREPs on flight planning apps and choose altitude accordingly to miss turb or icing.

Seems like a fair approach to take. They push it pretty good here too, we had a turbulence event that made the news not too long ago. The only real annoying ones are when it’s 10 and clear and they want an hourly pirep to enter.