A319
Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 8
Communication Breakdown; Situational Awareness
ATC Issue All Types; Airspace Violation All Types; Conflict Airborne Conflict; Deviation - Track / Heading All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Air Traffic Control Issued Advisory / Alert; Flight Crew Returned To Clearance
Weather; Human Factors
While working the R24 position; Miami International went into holding. I had 2 Miami landers at the time and I gave them both holding instructions. Aircraft X asked to offset his holding pattern to the SSCOT. I approved it and I even went ahead and told the Aircraft Y behind him that he could offset his holding pattern as well to the same location if he needed it. I got busy coordinating an emergency aircraft inbound to TPA that was going through a warning area and all of a sudden I hear my co-worker at Sector 05 say: 'Where the hell is that Aircraft X going? Who's working that guy?' Aircraft X went southeast bound right into another holding pattern and had traffic head on at 15;000 feet. I instructed him to fly a 270 heading immediately and that he needed to tell me if he was going to offset his holding pattern to another position. His response was: Well there's weather out here sir and we're trying to find some clear air. I told him: I understand that sir but what you did was unsafe; you went right into another holding pattern with aircraft holding in it at the same altitude. I don't know how far he went into Miami Approach's airspace when he deviated and I was too busy to brasher him correctly. Approach needed to talk to him right away so I gave him the phone number to the area so the OM could talk to him. The front desk pulled my tapes and called it a pilot deviation but they told me to do a report just in case he violated Approach's airspace. If the OM doesn't talk to him; I would really like somebody to get a hold of this pilot and explain to him that he put a lot of innocent lives in danger. The other aircraft was holding at SSCOT with no problems at all. He had a bad attitude when I tried to explain to him that what he did was wrong. This needs to be addressed.
ZMA Center Controller reported an aircraft in holding did not hold as instructed because of weather; but did not advise ATC.