Narrative:

The staffing continues to be an issue here. 3 full performance level (fpl) controllers are necessary for the shift. At times the developmentals/certified professional controller in training (cpc-it) are counted for staffing and at other times; they are not.the recent guidance on shift rest begs the question of how long a good recuperative break on a shift is applicable. It's awesome that they said we need to get 7-9 hours of rest; but that's not really possible with an 8:30 between the shifts; a drive to and from work; family; etc. A 2 hour nap before my shift is doing pretty well considering I have a family and I have to drive to and from work in 8 and a half hours.it's great that they put guidance out; but local management seems to take this to affirm that we aren't supposed to split the shift (which I understand); but does not address how long is an applicable recuperative break.would someone not on guam please take a look at our traffic counts here and see that we get a quite a lot of traffic on a shift here and staff accordingly? Can we also address how 17 cpcs when fully staffed; are supposed to staff a 24 hour facility with at least 3 cpcs for all shifts?if management is going to tell me that we need to keep the D side open from xa:00 until xp:00 regardless of the amount of traffic; then D side should also be open for the shift. Additionally; R6 needs to be split from about xg:30 until about xi:00 every day. The operations manager has even directed this to occur; but it rarely does.please look at our staffing and traffic count (and when in the day they occur) to address how this place is staffed? Both in terms of overall staffing and when these people are deployed throughout the day?

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Title: Guam Center Controller reported staffing issues at their facility.

Narrative: The staffing continues to be an issue here. 3 Full Performance Level (FPL) controllers are necessary for the shift. At times the developmentals/Certified Professional Controller In Training (CPC-IT) are counted for staffing and at other times; they are not.The recent guidance on shift rest begs the question of how long a good recuperative break on a shift is applicable. It's awesome that they said we need to get 7-9 hours of rest; but that's not really possible with an 8:30 between the shifts; a drive to and from work; family; etc. A 2 hour nap before my shift is doing pretty well considering I have a family and I have to drive to and from work in 8 and a half hours.It's great that they put guidance out; but local management seems to take this to affirm that we aren't supposed to split the shift (which I understand); but does not address how long is an applicable recuperative break.Would someone not on Guam please take a look at our traffic counts here and see that we get a quite a lot of traffic on a shift here and staff accordingly? Can we also address how 17 CPCs when fully staffed; are supposed to staff a 24 hour facility with at least 3 CPCs for all shifts?If management is going to tell me that we need to keep the D side open from XA:00 until XP:00 regardless of the amount of traffic; then D side should also be open for the shift. Additionally; R6 needs to be split from about XG:30 until about XI:00 every day. The operations manager has even directed this to occur; but it rarely does.Please look at our staffing and traffic count (and when in the day they occur) to address how this place is staffed? Both in terms of overall staffing and when these people are deployed throughout the day?

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.