Controller reporter complains about working positions more than 2 hours without swapping positions o...

Attributes
ACN	140559
Time
Date	199003
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zoa
State Reference	CA
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller radar : 15
ASRS Report	140559
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

For the past week area east has been operating under extremely short staffing, which has forced controllers to work over 2 hours on position and in some cases over 3 hours on position, and in one instance over 4 hours on position. Because of the short staffing and long hours on positions, a safety hazard is existing -- due to controller fatigue.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CTLR REPORTER COMPLAINS ABOUT WORKING POSITIONS MORE THAN 2 HOURS WITHOUT SWAPPING POSITIONS OR TAKING A BREAK.

Narrative: FOR THE PAST WEEK AREA E HAS BEEN OPERATING UNDER EXTREMELY SHORT STAFFING, WHICH HAS FORCED CTLRS TO WORK OVER 2 HRS ON POSITION AND IN SOME CASES OVER 3 HRS ON POSITION, AND IN ONE INSTANCE OVER 4 HRS ON POSITION. BECAUSE OF THE SHORT STAFFING AND LONG HRS ON POSITIONS, A SAFETY HAZARD IS EXISTING -- DUE TO CTLR FATIGUE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.

Controller reporter complains about working positions more than 2 hours without swapping positions or taking a break.