ZOB controller receives a pointout from an adjacent center. When the supervisor queries the controller about some SIGMET coordination; the controller forgets to start a track on the pointout. The controller saw the target later and started the track.

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Attributes
ACN	699179
Time
Date	200606
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zob.artcc
State Reference	OH
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Weather Elements	Thunderstorm Turbulence
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zob.artcc tower : slc.tower
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar controller : military
Experience	controller military : 3 controller radar : 25 controller time certified in position1 : 24 controller time certified in position2 : 6
ASRS Report	699179
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : supervisor oversight : supervisor
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance FAA
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance

Narrative:

ZNY called a pointout to my sector then as I was about to start a track the supervisor asks for where the sigmets were. This prevented the track from being started. I saw the target later as I was giving the relief briefing and started the track. By picking up these printed WX products to ensure controllers have read; initialed; time it is creating a distraction at the sectors. There is a trend. Management is being forced to micro-manage and the controller is getting preoccupied when the controller needs his mind free of all these management initiatives to allow clearheaded processing of altitudes; projected flight paths; etc. My report seems trivial but as a veteran; I see a real and growing danger for the flying public when a controller is worried about filing strips that are not separation related.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZOB CTLR RECEIVES A POINTOUT FROM AN ADJACENT CTR. WHEN THE SUPVR QUERIES THE CTLR ABOUT SOME SIGMET COORD; THE CTLR FORGETS TO START A TRACK ON THE POINTOUT. THE CTLR SAW THE TARGET LATER AND STARTED THE TRACK.

Narrative: ZNY CALLED A POINTOUT TO MY SECTOR THEN AS I WAS ABOUT TO START A TRACK THE SUPVR ASKS FOR WHERE THE SIGMETS WERE. THIS PREVENTED THE TRACK FROM BEING STARTED. I SAW THE TARGET LATER AS I WAS GIVING THE RELIEF BRIEFING AND STARTED THE TRACK. BY PICKING UP THESE PRINTED WX PRODUCTS TO ENSURE CTLRS HAVE READ; INITIALED; TIME IT IS CREATING A DISTR AT THE SECTORS. THERE IS A TREND. MGMNT IS BEING FORCED TO MICRO-MANAGE AND THE CTLR IS GETTING PREOCCUPIED WHEN THE CTLR NEEDS HIS MIND FREE OF ALL THESE MGMNT INITIATIVES TO ALLOW CLEARHEADED PROCESSING OF ALTS; PROJECTED FLT PATHS; ETC. MY RPT SEEMS TRIVIAL BUT AS A VETERAN; I SEE A REAL AND GROWING DANGER FOR THE FLYING PUBLIC WHEN A CTLR IS WORRIED ABOUT FILING STRIPS THAT ARE NOT SEPARATION RELATED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.