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ZBW controller voiced concern regarding late night staffing and sector consolidations that resulted in heavy workload.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 782351 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200804 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zbw.artcc |
| State Reference | NH |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 20 |
| ASRS Report | 782351 |
| 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 | procedure or policy : zbw.artcc staffing : zbw.artcc |
Narrative:
Unsafe volume of aircraft on 3 sectors combined. I was very scared there would be an error due to loss of separation. I had no help. Only 1 other controller and he was on another sector. Unable to make official pointouts due to business. Just yelled across aisle to other area. Unsafe staffing on ZBW area C mids.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZBW CTLR VOICED CONCERN REGARDING LATE NIGHT STAFFING AND SECTOR CONSOLIDATIONS THAT RESULTED IN HVY WORKLOAD.
Narrative: UNSAFE VOLUME OF ACFT ON 3 SECTORS COMBINED. I WAS VERY SCARED THERE WOULD BE AN ERROR DUE TO LOSS OF SEPARATION. I HAD NO HELP. ONLY 1 OTHER CTLR AND HE WAS ON ANOTHER SECTOR. UNABLE TO MAKE OFFICIAL POINTOUTS DUE TO BUSINESS. JUST YELLED ACROSS AISLE TO OTHER AREA. UNSAFE STAFFING ON ZBW AREA C MIDS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 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.