Apparent conflict for air carrier medium large transport given quick descent from FL350 to FL310.

Attributes
ACN	140307
Time
Date	199003
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : flm
State Reference	KY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 31000 msl bound upper : 35000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zid
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 9500 flight time type : 3500
ASRS Report	140307
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : required legal separation other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Intra Facility Coordination Failure Operational Error

Narrative:

While in cruise at FL350 given descent to FL310. Controller said to hurry through FL330. Asked for 'good rate of descent.' while passing FL330 at 5000+ FPM, controller said to level FL330. Next controller said problem was that there was traffic at FL310 that the other controller did not know about.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: APPARENT CONFLICT FOR ACR MLG GIVEN QUICK DESCENT FROM FL350 TO FL310.

Narrative: WHILE IN CRUISE AT FL350 GIVEN DSCNT TO FL310. CTLR SAID TO HURRY THROUGH FL330. ASKED FOR 'GOOD RATE OF DSCNT.' WHILE PASSING FL330 AT 5000+ FPM, CTLR SAID TO LEVEL FL330. NEXT CTLR SAID PROB WAS THAT THERE WAS TFC AT FL310 THAT THE OTHER CTLR DID NOT KNOW ABOUT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.