Controller reporter complains about supervisor selection at facility being non qualified for area.

Attributes
ACN	153702
Time
Date	199008
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zan
State Reference	AK
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller non radar : 5 controller radar : 4
ASRS Report	153702
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
ASRS Report	153709
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

At anc ARTCC the FAA has put a temporary supervisor in charge of a crew. This supervisor is not area rated or knowledgeable of the area she is supervising. While this supervisor is not controling air traffic in this area, she is responsible for overseeing the operations of the area during certain parts of the week. With her very limited knowledge of the operations of the area or lack of her area rating she may cause confusion on the control room floor in the event of an emergency situation, staffing requirements, sector overload of traffic, special problems associated with equipment outages, etc. I would compare it to allowing a member of the air crew not ever having been type rated.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CTLR REPORTER COMPLAINS ABOUT SUPVR SELECTION AT FAC BEING NON QUALIFIED FOR AREA.

Narrative: AT ANC ARTCC THE FAA HAS PUT A TEMPORARY SUPVR IN CHARGE OF A CREW. THIS SUPVR IS NOT AREA RATED OR KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THE AREA SHE IS SUPERVISING. WHILE THIS SUPVR IS NOT CTLING AIR TFC IN THIS AREA, SHE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING THE OPS OF THE AREA DURING CERTAIN PARTS OF THE WK. WITH HER VERY LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OF THE OPS OF THE AREA OR LACK OF HER AREA RATING SHE MAY CAUSE CONFUSION ON THE CTL ROOM FLOOR IN THE EVENT OF AN EMER SITUATION, STAFFING REQUIREMENTS, SECTOR OVERLOAD OF TFC, SPECIAL PROBS ASSOCIATED WITH EQUIPMENT OUTAGES, ETC. I WOULD COMPARE IT TO ALLOWING A MEMBER OF THE AIR CREW NOT EVER HAVING BEEN TYPE RATED.

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.