A controller in training allowed a parachute jumping aircraft to release jumpers with conflicting IF...

Attributes
ACN	1371344
Time
Date	201607
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ABE.TRACON
State Reference	NY
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Approach
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Developmental
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Aircraft X departed N85 climbing to 9;000 feet to conduct skydiving operations. At around the same time there was an IFR arrival inbound to abe from the southeast coordinated to fly over N85 at 3;000 feet. Aircraft X reported that they will be jumping in about 2 minutes. I told them to hold the jumpers for aircraft Y . About 2 minutes later aircraft X asked for a traffic update and I told them where the aircraft was. They said at 3;000 feet the aircraft would be no factor. I told them continue at their discretion; but it still seemed like a bad idea to me so I gave aircraft Y a turn to the southwest. They said they couldn't take that turn because of the jumper so I turned them northwest instead.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Controller in training allowed a parachute jumping aircraft to release jumpers with conflicting IFR traffic in the vicinity.

Narrative: Aircraft X departed N85 climbing to 9;000 feet to conduct skydiving operations. At around the same time there was an IFR arrival inbound to ABE from the southeast coordinated to fly over N85 at 3;000 feet. Aircraft X reported that they will be jumping in about 2 minutes. I told them to hold the jumpers for Aircraft Y . About 2 minutes later Aircraft X asked for a traffic update and I told them where the aircraft was. They said at 3;000 feet the aircraft would be no factor. I told them continue at their discretion; but it still seemed like a bad idea to me so I gave Aircraft Y a turn to the southwest. They said they couldn't take that turn because of the jumper so I turned them northwest instead.

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.

A controller in training allowed a parachute jumping aircraft to release jumpers with conflicting IFR traffic in the vicinity.