Narrative:

Aircraft X was descending via the kooly 2 arrival; air carrier Y was enroute to phx on the SUNSS6 arrival. I slowed air carrier Y down to 250 KTS. It looked like it was still going to be a factor so I turned air carrier Y 15 right. I was starting the relief briefing at this time. The relieving controller asked me if air carrier Y was stopped at FL120 for aircraft X. I said no that air carrier Y was on a vector for the sequence. I then started to receive multiple calls on the land line. The relieving controller said to turn air carrier Y; I turned him 30 right but he could not turn fast enough to stay outside the jring. Phx then called and said to put him on a 270 heading; I did then transferred communications to phx. I should have turned air carrier Y further right initially to go behind aircraft X.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Two ZAB controllers describe a loss of separation event; during a relief briefing; between two aircraft arriving PHX.

Narrative: Aircraft X was descending via the KOOLY 2 Arrival; Air Carrier Y was enroute to PHX on the SUNSS6 Arrival. I slowed Air Carrier Y down to 250 KTS. It looked like it was still going to be a factor so I turned Air Carrier Y 15 right. I was starting the relief briefing at this time. The relieving Controller asked me if Air Carrier Y was stopped at FL120 for Aircraft X. I said no that Air Carrier Y was on a vector for the sequence. I then started to receive multiple calls on the land line. The relieving Controller said to turn Air Carrier Y; I turned him 30 right but he could not turn fast enough to stay outside the JRING. PHX then called and said to put him on a 270 heading; I did then transferred communications to PHX. I should have turned Air Carrier Y further right initially to go behind Aircraft X.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.