Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 5
Confusion; Time Pressure
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Weather; Procedure; Human Factors; Equipment / Tooling
While working Clearance Delivery; I received an Urgent PIREP via Flight Data Input/Output General Information (FDIO GI) message stating: URGENT PIREP...DRO XA30Z 140 BE40 SEV RIME ICING... This was especially important to me to have this information since we have several flights daily going to Durango; CO. My technique would to be not only make a blanket transmission about the PIREP; but also specifically address flights going to that location to advise them and make sure they received the information. The issue is the PIREP was reported at XA30Z. I did not receive this URGENT PIREP until XB50Z. Severe icing can cause an aircraft incident or accident in a matter of moments. It is unacceptable that it takes one hour and twenty minutes to disseminate this information. Better PIREP sharing system. PIREPs should be entered in AISR [Aeronautical Information System Replacement] immediately after receiving the report and should automatically be disseminated to facilities within a specified radius without having to be manually entered again by a Traffic Management Unit; Weather contractor; etc.
PHX Tower Controller reported that the facility received a PIREP for Severe Rime Icing; 80 minutes after it was reported. Reporter complained that it took too long to obtain the information.