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Air carrier flight reported due to ATC staffing issues the flight would have to be delay vectored. They opted to land at an alternate airport and receive more fuel; then continued on to destination.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1748516 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202006 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
East of ZZZ received a reroute to ZZZ1 to pick up the zzzzz 1 arrival over ZZZZZ1. We questioned the reason and were told due to staffing issues related to covid. We tried unsuccessfully to get a more direct route. The new route had us landing at ZZZ2 at 4.5 and we felt this not to be a safe reserve given the circumstances. Captain and I agreed the safe choice was to divert to ZZZ3. I flew and he coordinated with dispatch for the diversion. At no time did I feel unsafe or knowingly violate any far or policy.I feel that we worked well as a crew to make a safe choice for our passengers.I feel that if there was knowledge of ZZZ center having closures there should have been an added amount of fuel.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier flight reported due to ATC staffing issues the flight would have to be delay vectored. They opted to land at an alternate airport and receive more fuel; then continued on to destination.
Narrative: East of ZZZ received a reroute to ZZZ1 to pick up the ZZZZZ 1 arrival over ZZZZZ1. We questioned the reason and were told due to staffing issues related to COVID. We tried unsuccessfully to get a more direct route. The new route had us landing at ZZZ2 at 4.5 and we felt this not to be a safe reserve given the circumstances. Captain and I agreed the safe choice was to divert to ZZZ3. I flew and he coordinated with Dispatch for the diversion. At no time did I feel unsafe or knowingly violate any FAR or policy.I feel that we worked well as a crew to make a safe choice for our passengers.I feel that if there was knowledge of ZZZ Center having closures there should have been an added amount of fuel.
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.