Hcf controller described an unsafe condition when extremely busy military operations resulted in hea...

Narrative:

It's been a very busy month of rimpac activities. There have been many unsafe situations and close call stories lately. They built an atcaa corridor for fighter aircraft just west and east of honolulu airspace; called kaela east or kaela west. It showed up on my sia board as west kaela fl250b290 miscellaneous times. I asked the supervisor if it was hot or not. The tmc jumped in and said that it is cold; that if it was hot; it would show the times. I told the supervisor that it would be much easier and for over flight planning to tell us the times and write hot or cold so we know. As I am recommending this; the tmc told the supervisor that it was actually hot at this time. I don't know when it got activated and do not know how many airplanes actually went through it. We have many over flights; and conus to lih flights that fly through there at those altitudes. Tmc and supervisors need to do their job. Many incidents like that occurred due to the fact that they are not doing their jobs like they expect me to.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: HCF Controller described an unsafe condition when extremely busy military operations resulted in heavy/complex traffic with supervisors failing to respond as appropriate. Reporter suggested management is not doing their job.

Narrative: It's been a very busy month of RIMPAC activities. There have been many unsafe situations and close call stories lately. They built an ATCAA corridor for fighter aircraft just west and east of Honolulu airspace; called KAELA EAST or KAELA WEST. It showed up on my SIA board as WEST KAELA FL250B290 MISC Times. I asked the Supervisor if it was hot or not. The TMC jumped in and said that it is cold; that if it was hot; it would show the times. I told the Supervisor that it would be much easier and for over flight planning to tell us the times and write HOT or COLD so we know. As I am recommending this; the TMC told the Supervisor that it was actually hot at this time. I don't know when it got activated and do not know how many airplanes actually went through it. We have many over flights; and CONUS to LIH flights that fly through there at those altitudes. TMC and supervisors need to do their job. Many incidents like that occurred due to the fact that they are not doing their jobs like they expect me to.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

Attributes
ACN	1025378
Time
Date	201207
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	HCF.TRACON
State Reference	HI
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	No Aircraft
Person 1
Function	Approach Enroute Departure
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Person 2
Function	Departure Approach Enroute
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Hcf controller described an unsafe condition when extremely busy military operations resulted in heavy/complex traffic with supervisors failing to respond as appropriate. Reporter suggested management is not doing their job.