Narrative:

My trainee and I had returned from debrief and break after training on the west departure sectors combined (tyson/fluky) and were assigned to train on east departure (krant). While we were gone the east sectors were split; this is not unusual but also not frequent. Another trainee was sitting at the spare scope to the right of krant so I didn't do my normal routine of setting up that scope to watch training on my preferred setting.a departure off of adw sparked a conversation between myself and the trainee on the new pre-coordinated climb between krant and another sector southbound. The conversation grew to involve all controllers working and the supervisor. At some point during the conversation the trainee climbed aircraft X. He was not quick looking the fluky sector whose airspace krant has pre-coordinated climb through as long as no traffic. I scanned the tyson scope which is to the left of krant for traffic (white tags) but with fluky open they would be green. Fluky is too far from krant to see. I didn't notice that the trainee wasn't quick looking fluky. The trainee told me later he had never worked next to tyson with fluky split off. I never observed the conflict with aircraft Y.independent of the conflict I noticed he was not quick looking fluky. We went through his preferred setting and quick looked the sectors that I look at and saved the new preset. Soon after fluky asked if we were quick looking him and we said 'we are now.' the operations manager came over and informed us she needed the strip on aircraft X for a possible loss of separation. I should have asked if the trainee had ever worked with fluky split off from tyson. Sometimes there are multiple targets around a satellite airport (gai) where the fluky traffic turns and makes it hard to tell what aircraft are there. A technique used before you climb is to look at tyson for white data tags in the area but if fluky is spit they won't be on tyson.stars (standard terminal automation replacement system) came to pct around six months ago. There have been constant changes/briefings since its implementation. The operations manager asked me if the 'quick look region' was on during the event. I said we were not quick looking fluky; but corrected it and saved the changes. I have become aware in discussion since this event that stars can make airspace that will quick look all planes in a certain area if the function is turned on. I strongly recommend at pct each area identify these quick look regions and make it an 'opt out' function. Presently they are 'opt in' (the controller has to turn it on). These areas should start on and if the controller wants to turn them off they can do so. That would have broken the chain of events in this situation. The reality of the situation is we have been briefed so much we have forgot how to turn on many of the tools. These quick look regions for pct's high volume pre-coordinated airspace areas need to be turned on and force those who don't want to use good techniques to turn them off.

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Title: PCT Controller conducting training did not realize their Trainee did not have the radar display setup properly to observe a possible conflicting route from an adjacent sector. The Trainee climbed a departure into the path of another departure on the conflicting route.

Narrative: My trainee and I had returned from debrief and break after training on the west departure sectors combined (TYSON/FLUKY) and were assigned to train on east departure (KRANT). While we were gone the east sectors were split; this is not unusual but also not frequent. Another trainee was sitting at the spare scope to the right of KRANT so I didn't do my normal routine of setting up that scope to watch training on my preferred setting.A departure off of ADW sparked a conversation between myself and the trainee on the new pre-coordinated climb between KRANT and another sector southbound. The conversation grew to involve all controllers working and the supervisor. At some point during the conversation the trainee climbed Aircraft X. He was not quick looking the FLUKY sector whose airspace KRANT has pre-coordinated climb through as long as no traffic. I scanned the TYSON scope which is to the left of KRANT for traffic (white tags) but with FLUKY open they would be green. FLUKY is too far from KRANT to see. I didn't notice that the trainee wasn't quick looking FLUKY. The trainee told me later he had never worked next to TYSON with FLUKY split off. I never observed the conflict with Aircraft Y.Independent of the conflict I noticed he was not quick looking FLUKY. We went through his preferred setting and quick looked the sectors that I look at and saved the new preset. Soon after FLUKY asked if we were quick looking him and we said 'we are now.' The Operations Manager came over and informed us she needed the strip on Aircraft X for a possible loss of separation. I should have asked if the trainee had ever worked with FLUKY split off from TYSON. Sometimes there are multiple targets around a satellite airport (GAI) where the FLUKY traffic turns and makes it hard to tell what aircraft are there. A technique used before you climb is to look at TYSON for white data tags in the area but if FLUKY is spit they won't be on TYSON.STARS (Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System) came to PCT around six months ago. There have been constant changes/briefings since its implementation. The Operations Manager asked me if the 'quick look region' was on during the event. I said we were not quick looking FLUKY; but corrected it and saved the changes. I have become aware in discussion since this event that STARS can make airspace that will quick look all planes in a certain area if the function is turned on. I strongly recommend at PCT each area identify these quick look regions and make it an 'opt out' function. Presently they are 'opt in' (the controller has to turn it on). These areas should start on and if the controller wants to turn them off they can do so. That would have broken the chain of events in this situation. The reality of the situation is we have been briefed so much we have forgot how to turn on many of the tools. These quick look regions for PCT's high volume pre-coordinated airspace areas need to be turned on and force those who don't want to use good techniques to turn them off.

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