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System deviation is avoided when reporter coordinates the preferred arrival route with the receiving sector controller after viewing the late strip posting to reporter's sector due to limiting staffing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 343044 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199607 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zny |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 24000 msl bound upper : 24000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Learjet 31 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Route In Use | arrival other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller non radar : 14 controller radar : 11 |
| ASRS Report | 343044 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
No flight strip processed to sector until high altitude sector inputs altitude to FL280. Due to limited staffing on 'a' (assistant) position, strip was not posted to the sector until the aircraft was already descended and handed off to next sector. At this time the strip is observed, and the applications of a preferred arrival route is noted. Coordination with the receiving sector is accomplished to avoid system deviations (perhaps error!) but had the strip arrived at the sector 1 min later, this would not have happened. My impression is that this is an ongoing pitfall of preferred arrival rtes being routinely applied, often without the controller's knowledge.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SYS DEV IS AVOIDED WHEN RPTR COORDINATES THE PREFERRED ARR RTE WITH THE RECEIVING SECTOR CTLR AFTER VIEWING THE LATE STRIP POSTING TO RPTR'S SECTOR DUE TO LIMITING STAFFING.
Narrative: NO FLT STRIP PROCESSED TO SECTOR UNTIL HIGH ALT SECTOR INPUTS ALT TO FL280. DUE TO LIMITED STAFFING ON 'A' (ASSISTANT) POS, STRIP WAS NOT POSTED TO THE SECTOR UNTIL THE ACFT WAS ALREADY DSNDED AND HANDED OFF TO NEXT SECTOR. AT THIS TIME THE STRIP IS OBSERVED, AND THE APPLICATIONS OF A PREFERRED ARR RTE IS NOTED. COORD WITH THE RECEIVING SECTOR IS ACCOMPLISHED TO AVOID SYS DEVS (PERHAPS ERROR!) BUT HAD THE STRIP ARRIVED AT THE SECTOR 1 MIN LATER, THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. MY IMPRESSION IS THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PITFALL OF PREFERRED ARR RTES BEING ROUTINELY APPLIED, OFTEN WITHOUT THE CTLR'S KNOWLEDGE.
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.