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ZOB controller reports of a controller coming to work and attempting to find out from medical if they can take some medicine and work. Time passes and there is no answer from medical. Controller complains about not being able to find out if a controller can work while taking a specific type of medicine.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1276838 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201507 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZOB.ARTCC |
| State Reference | OH |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | No Aircraft |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Enroute |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 6.5 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
A controller came in to work. He called medical to see if he could take some medicine. They no longer have a doctor on call 24/7. It is now [three hours later] and we still do not have a returned call from medical about whether or not the controller can work. Our job requires us to be able to work or know if we are able to work 24/7 so we need to be able to get an answer about medications 24/7. I don't know when this started but it has been this way for at least 6 months. From what I have been told the doctor will not accept calls from 10pm till 8am. I don't know if this is western; mountain; central; or eastern time zone. This is unacceptable. We need to be able to get an answer about medication immediately.have someone available 24/7 to answer questions about medications or stop the airplanes from 10pm to 8am.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZOB Controller reports of a Controller coming to work and attempting to find out from medical if they can take some medicine and work. Time passes and there is no answer from medical. Controller complains about not being able to find out if a Controller can work while taking a specific type of medicine.
Narrative: A controller came in to work. He called medical to see if he could take some medicine. They no longer have a doctor on call 24/7. It is now [three hours later] and we still do not have a returned call from medical about whether or not the controller can work. Our job requires us to be able to work or know if we are able to work 24/7 so we need to be able to get an answer about medications 24/7. I don't know when this started but it has been this way for at least 6 months. From what I have been told the doctor will not accept calls from 10pm till 8am. I don't know if this is Western; Mountain; Central; or Eastern Time zone. This is unacceptable. We need to be able to get an answer about medication immediately.Have someone available 24/7 to answer questions about medications or stop the airplanes from 10pm to 8am.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.