Enroute supervisor described an airspace infraction during an OJT session when both he and the instr...

Narrative:

I was working the radar associate position while OJT was being conducted on one of my developmentals. We only had 4 aircraft on frequency. Three of the four aircraft were in the southern part of the sector and one was a high inbound to a class C airport. The fourth aircraft was an overflight in the northern part of the airspace. There was overflight traffic at FL310 and a very slow overflight at FL260 that the class C arrival needed to be vectored around. The instructor and I were both discussing with the developmental on ways to get the class C arrival down. We all had our attention on this situation and the overflight in the northern part of the airspace entered the next sector without a hand off. This is a classic example of allowing OJT to distract from the position duties. We all got involved in trying to help the developmental. I should have stay more focused on the overall sector operation while the instructor discussed the traffic situation with the developmental. As a flm; I am very aware of how easy it is to get tunnel vision on one situation and stop scanning the airspace and yet I allowed myself to do just that.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Enroute Supervisor described an airspace infraction during an OJT session when both he and the Instructor were advising the Developmental both failing to note the developing problem.

Narrative: I was working the RADAR associate position while OJT was being conducted on one of my developmentals. We only had 4 aircraft on frequency. Three of the four aircraft were in the Southern part of the sector and one was a high inbound to a Class C Airport. The fourth aircraft was an overflight in the Northern part of the airspace. There was overflight traffic at FL310 and a very slow overflight at FL260 that the Class C arrival needed to be vectored around. The Instructor and I were both discussing with the Developmental on ways to get the Class C arrival down. We all had our attention on this situation and the overflight in the Northern part of the airspace entered the next sector without a hand off. This is a classic example of allowing OJT to distract from the position duties. We all got involved in trying to help the Developmental. I should have stay more focused on the overall sector operation while the Instructor discussed the traffic situation with the Developmental. As a FLM; I am very aware of how easy it is to get tunnel vision on one situation and stop scanning the airspace and yet I allowed myself to do just that.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1017837
Time
Date	201206
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet CL65 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Supervisor / CIC
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Enroute supervisor described an airspace infraction during an OJT session when both he and the instructor were advising the developmental both failing to note the developing problem.