Commercial Fixed Wing
Dispatch Dispatcher
Human-Machine Interface
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Company Policy; Procedure; Equipment / Tooling
[Our new dispatching software] continues to give bad information. It must be programmed to recognize a single runway. When that runway is currently closed it assumes the airport is closed and recommends an alternate. A flight can NOT be dispatched to a closed airport. Adding an alternate doesn't matter. It's recommending illegal advice.  ANALYSIS  FLT to ATL  DESTINATION RUNWAY CLOSED  CLT - RUNWAY 18R/36L  ARRIVAL WINDOW APRXX/XD03Z-XEF3Z  DESTINATION CLT - ALTERNATE RECOMMENDED - THRESHOLD-EXP ALT ARRIVAL RUNWAYS 18R/36L CLOSED ANALYSIS DONE ON DESTINATION STATION ONLY PER ANALYSIS RULES CLT KCLT XB52Z 33003KT 6SM BR OVC055 13/13 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP109                              CLT RAMTAF XA32Z 0108/0202                    FM0800 00000KT P6SM BKN020 OVC040               FM1300 00000KT P6SM OVC035                  FM2000 30007KT P6SM SCT120     CLT does not require an alternate. By adding CAE an additional 3;174 pounds of fuel will be carried. The alternate does not allow Dispatch assuming the airport is closed. It's a trap. This program is giving illegal advice. It also advices to add unnecessary fuel that counts against my [arrival fuel average]; while the company has begun to discipline dispatchers for what they feel is a high [arrival fuel average].
Air carrier Dispatcher laments the dispatch planning software that his company has begun using and believes that it is creating extra work.