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ZDC controller reported a sector was overloaded at the end of the mid-shift and no one was there to help the controller.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1674094 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201908 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZDC.ARTCC |
| State Reference | VA |
| Environment | |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| 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 Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
Once again; the midnight controllers were put in a situation that was completely unacceptable; unsafe; and just simply dangerous. I walked into the area and the midnight controller has over 40 aircraft in the list and I would estimate was talking to 25-30 aircraft. There was nothing in place to help the controller; tmu had done nothing; [and] the mid supervisor was doing nothing. When I took the position; it took me 25 minutes to get control of the sector and split it out and by then; we probably should have had four sectors open. It was complete breakdown of all procedures we follow; safety was totally compromised this morning. Do anything; anything would have been better than what happened this morning. No restrictions in place; no supervisor getting the other midnighter back; literally nothing was done.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZDC Controller reported a sector was overloaded at the end of the mid-shift and no one was there to help the Controller.
Narrative: Once again; the midnight controllers were put in a situation that was completely unacceptable; unsafe; and just simply dangerous. I walked into the area and the midnight controller has over 40 aircraft in the list and I would estimate was talking to 25-30 aircraft. There was nothing in place to help the Controller; TMU had done nothing; [and] the Mid Supervisor was doing nothing. When I took the position; it took me 25 minutes to get control of the sector and split it out and by then; we probably should have had four sectors open. It was complete breakdown of all procedures we follow; safety was totally compromised this morning. Do anything; anything would have been better than what happened this morning. No restrictions in place; no Supervisor getting the other midnighter back; literally nothing was done.
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.