New york center controllers reported that aircraft were deviating due to weather and the sector was ...

Attributes
ACN	1458061
Time
Date	201706
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZNY.ARTCC
State Reference	NY
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Enroute
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 9.5
Person 2
Function	Enroute
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 9.5
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

Aircraft deviating for weather over cmk opposite direction traffic on top of normal flow at sector 56. This was working in the beginning because it was limited traffic. ZBW called the supervisor's desk to coordinate what they were already doing. When the controller in charge asked me; my response was 'that is exactly what they have been doing'. As the traffic picked up and weather moved further east adding to the deviations by all aircraft; it became unsustainable. On top of deviations; reroutes needed to be issued; and climb/descend opposite direction to meet restrictions. An inexperienced controller did what they could to the best of their ability; new controller in charge (controller in charge) didn't know what was happening until it was too late; and traffic management unit (tmu) was unaware of the entire situation. I could've stopped the traffic earlier or realized something wasn't right when ZBW called to coordinate what they were doing; tmu could've been monitoring the situation; controller in charge could've monitored situation and replaced inexperienced controller with an experienced one

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: New York Center Controllers reported that aircraft were deviating due to weather and the sector was not controlled with aircraft turning into each other.

Narrative: Aircraft deviating for weather over CMK opposite direction traffic on top of normal flow at sector 56. This was working in the beginning because it was limited traffic. ZBW called the supervisor's desk to coordinate what they were already doing. When the CIC asked me; my response was 'that is exactly what they have been doing'. As the traffic picked up and weather moved further east adding to the deviations by all aircraft; it became unsustainable. On top of deviations; reroutes needed to be issued; and climb/descend opposite direction to meet restrictions. An inexperienced Controller did what they could to the best of their ability; new Controller in Charge (CIC) didn't know what was happening until it was too late; and Traffic Management Unit (TMU) was unaware of the entire situation. I could've stopped the traffic earlier or realized something wasn't right when ZBW called to coordinate what they were doing; TMU could've been monitoring the situation; CIC could've monitored situation and replaced inexperienced Controller with an experienced one

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.

New york center controllers reported that aircraft were deviating due to weather and the sector was not controlled with aircraft turning into each other.