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Lbb supervisor controller expressed concern regarding facility staffing allotments and resulting workload issues.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 720744 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200612 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : lbb.tower |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : supervisor |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller time certified in position1 : 6 controller time certified in position2 : 6 |
| ASRS Report | 720744 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | FAA |
| Primary Problem | FAA |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | staffing : lbb.tower |
Narrative:
Management only scheduled 2 certified professional controllers for duty between XA00-XG00. No overtime or credit hours were authority/authorized. This is becoming more and more common since sep/xa/06. No management even present at the facility. This is a tower and approach control facility combined. They scheduled 4 trainees to work but no one is available for breaks; much less training. Controllers versus workload too great. I had to use very inexperienced controllers only for tower operation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LBB SUPVR CTLR EXPRESSED CONCERN REGARDING FACILITY STAFFING ALLOTMENTS AND RESULTING WORKLOAD ISSUES.
Narrative: MGMNT ONLY SCHEDULED 2 CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL CTLRS FOR DUTY BTWN XA00-XG00. NO OVERTIME OR CREDIT HRS WERE AUTH. THIS IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE COMMON SINCE SEP/XA/06. NO MGMNT EVEN PRESENT AT THE FACILITY. THIS IS A TWR AND APCH CTL FACILITY COMBINED. THEY SCHEDULED 4 TRAINEES TO WORK BUT NO ONE IS AVAILABLE FOR BREAKS; MUCH LESS TRAINING. CTLRS VERSUS WORKLOAD TOO GREAT. I HAD TO USE VERY INEXPERIENCED CTLRS ONLY FOR TWR OP.
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.