Minneapolis center controller reported that denver center handed off two aircraft on a collision cou...

Attributes
ACN	1435724
Time
Date	201703
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZMP.ARTCC
State Reference	MN
Environment
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Enroute
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 26
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

This is the first of three events that occurred tonight in a 1 1/2 hour period. ZDV handed us two aircraft at FL370 on collision courses. We had to reach out and call denver to take one of them down to FL350. I have spoken to two different areas in our facility that deal with this same sector/area in denver. Area 5; area 6 and area 4 all have sectors that border the area in denver that houses this particular denver sector. They all have confessed that they too have daily occurrences of separation errors. Unfortunately; I believe that most of these don't get reported. Quite honestly; I can understand why. The managers in our facility don't seem to care! I've had numerous experiences with my area manager in which he has told me that he wouldn't pursue the example that I've brought to him. Like I mentioned above; this is one of three situations denver handed us in less than an hour and a half; and I'm not filling out the second one because it's exhausting doing these when I know nothing will come of it.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Minneapolis Center Controller reported that Denver Center handed off two aircraft on a collision course.

Narrative: This is the first of three events that occurred tonight in a 1 1/2 hour period. ZDV handed us two aircraft at FL370 on collision courses. We had to reach out and call Denver to take one of them down to FL350. I have spoken to two different areas in our facility that deal with this same sector/area in Denver. Area 5; Area 6 and Area 4 all have sectors that border the area in Denver that houses this particular Denver sector. They all have confessed that they too have daily occurrences of separation errors. Unfortunately; I believe that most of these don't get reported. Quite honestly; I can understand why. The managers in our facility don't seem to care! I've had numerous experiences with my area manager in which he has told me that he wouldn't pursue the example that I've brought to him. Like I mentioned above; this is one of three situations Denver handed us in less than an hour and a half; and I'm not filling out the second one because it's exhausting doing these when I know nothing will come of it.

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.

Minneapolis center controller reported that denver center handed off two aircraft on a collision course.