ZFW controller descended an aircraft from FL290 to FL270 with opposite direction traffic at FL280.

Narrative:

I was getting busy and was feeling very tired and behind the power curve right from the start. I got a radar assist position; but was not even able to get him a proper briefing because of the amount of workload I was handling. I did not put 27000 feet in the data tag on this aircraft. It was still showing 29000 feet causing me to turn him right in front of another aircraft at 28000 feet; however with the proper turns and pilot immediate actions I was able to maintain separation. I would not have been able to do so if that pilot was not on top of his game. He was great! I have no excuses to make here. We have been super short staffed and with weather throughout our sectors and more than the normal amount of traffic through this sector I am beat and can only pray we get relief from this shortage soon before something worse happens.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZFW Controller descended an aircraft from FL290 to FL270 with opposite direction traffic at FL280.

Narrative: I was getting busy and was feeling very tired and behind the power curve right from the start. I got a Radar Assist position; but was not even able to get him a proper briefing because of the amount of workload I was handling. I did not put 27000 feet in the data tag on this aircraft. It was still showing 29000 feet causing me to turn him right in front of another aircraft at 28000 feet; however with the proper turns and pilot immediate actions I was able to maintain separation. I would not have been able to do so if that pilot was not on top of his game. He was GREAT! I have no excuses to make here. We have been super short staffed and with weather throughout our sectors and more than the normal amount of traffic through this sector I am beat and can only pray we get relief from this shortage soon before something worse happens.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1338676
Time
Date	201603
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZFW.ARTCC
State Reference	TX
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Enroute
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 12.5
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy