ZJX center controller reported needing a d-side controller but none were available due to a lack of ...

Attributes
ACN	1656573
Time
Date	201906
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZJX.ARTCC
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Other ALL
Flight Phase	Cruise Descent
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 Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown

Narrative:

I was called in to work a sector. My d-side was told to go to another sector that had more traffic. I was ok for a little while to work without one. Traffic started picking back up and I needed a d-side; I asked for one and was told there was no one available to work my d-side. I was spacing for two airports. I was forced to spin aircraft in order to get the spacing. I needed a d-side and there was not enough controllers. I was overloaded and I felt it was unsafe to work that many aircraft. We need more people or the traffic slowed down to help keep our airspace safe.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZJX Center Controller reported needing a D-Side Controller but none were available due to a lack of staffing creating an unsafe workload on the sector.

Narrative: I was called in to work a sector. My D-side was told to go to another sector that had more traffic. I was OK for a little while to work without one. Traffic started picking back up and I needed a D-side; I asked for one and was told there was no one available to work my D-side. I was spacing for two airports. I was forced to spin aircraft in order to get the spacing. I needed a D-side and there was not enough Controllers. I was overloaded and I felt it was unsafe to work that many aircraft. We need more people or the traffic slowed down to help keep our airspace safe.

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.

ZJX center controller reported needing a d-side controller but none were available due to a lack of staffing creating an unsafe workload on the sector.