ZTL radar controller claims sector overload occurs several times each day.

Attributes
ACN	486280
Time
Date	200009
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ztl.artcc
State Reference	GA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 24000 msl bound upper : 33000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller time certified in position1 : 17
ASRS Report	486280
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : traffic management
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Airspace Structure ATC Facility
Primary Problem	ATC Facility
Air Traffic Incident	Intra Facility Coordination Failure
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : ztl.artcc staffing : ztl.artcc
Airspace Structure	class a : ztl.a

Narrative:

Several times each day this sector becomes unsafe with numerous atl arrival, en route aircraft, clt arrs and atl departures. On this day and most others, there are so many aircraft that the data blocks overlap so that they can't be separated so they can be seen. On this particular time, I was not given a d-side until the time I also got a tracker.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZTL RADAR CTLR CLAIMS SECTOR OVERLOAD OCCURS SEVERAL TIMES EACH DAY.

Narrative: SEVERAL TIMES EACH DAY THIS SECTOR BECOMES UNSAFE WITH NUMEROUS ATL ARR, ENRTE ACFT, CLT ARRS AND ATL DEPS. ON THIS DAY AND MOST OTHERS, THERE ARE SO MANY ACFT THAT THE DATA BLOCKS OVERLAP SO THAT THEY CAN'T BE SEPARATED SO THEY CAN BE SEEN. ON THIS PARTICULAR TIME, I WAS NOT GIVEN A D-SIDE UNTIL THE TIME I ALSO GOT A TRACKER.

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.