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New york center controller reported an airspace violation which reporter attributed to distractions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1612589 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201901 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZNY.ARTCC |
| State Reference | NY |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport |
| 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) 7 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types |
Narrative:
I was working aircraft X at sector 92 enroute to pne. The aircraft was on route and I descended the aircraft to 9;000 MSL to hand off to allentown approach. Allentown took the handoff and I switched communications. Allentown turned aircraft X to the southeast; which they do have control for turns at 9;000 feet; however; they did not point this aircraft out to sector 74; and there was an airspace violation. This could have been bad since sector 74 was just coming out of a hold for lga; and this violation would have went close to the holding pattern. While typically we do not hold at 9;000 in that area; I know that there were icing conditions starting to affect that pattern and 9;000 feet could have very well been utilized. My guess is that the government shutdown must be hindering judgment of controllers and beginning to compromise safety. Reopen the government so that we can focus more on our job rather than when we might get paid or what we are doing with finances. A lot of controllers are pre-occupied with how to make ends meet all across our country. This is already causing safety concerns. Air traffic control has its stress that comes along with it. Having this unnecessary stress of missed paychecks thrown on top of the already stressful job is not going to have a positive impact! This is an unnecessary safety risk!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: New York Center Controller reported an airspace violation which reporter attributed to distractions.
Narrative: I was working Aircraft X at Sector 92 enroute to PNE. The aircraft was on route and I descended the aircraft to 9;000 MSL to hand off to Allentown Approach. Allentown took the handoff and I switched communications. Allentown turned Aircraft X to the southeast; which they do have control for turns at 9;000 feet; however; they did not point this aircraft out to sector 74; and there was an airspace violation. This could have been bad since Sector 74 was just coming out of a hold for LGA; and this violation would have went close to the holding pattern. While typically we do not hold at 9;000 in that area; I know that there were icing conditions starting to affect that pattern and 9;000 feet could have very well been utilized. My guess is that the government shutdown must be hindering judgment of controllers and beginning to compromise safety. Reopen the government so that we can focus more on our job rather than when we might get paid or what we are doing with finances. A lot of controllers are pre-occupied with how to make ends meet all across our country. This is already causing safety concerns. Air Traffic Control has its stress that comes along with it. Having this unnecessary stress of missed paychecks thrown on top of the already stressful job is not going to have a positive impact! This is an unnecessary safety risk!
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.