Narrative:

At the st augustine sector (R58) it is bounded by W158A. We have a portion of this airspace which is called rainbow F. It is only a small area east of omn. The 2 arrs into orlando are the leese and bitho arrs. The leese was closed and all arrs were sent over the bitho. All over flts to the north over J53 were deviating due to WX over omn. So they were ending up over and east of omn. All departures were deviating east of omn that were off of orl. All melbourne departures were deviating over east of omn. All jax arrs were deviating east of omn. So we now have a sector that is working all orl departures, all melbourne departures, all jax arrs (coming over the east coast), all over flts off the east coast that are northbound, all mco arrs (which are having to be sequenced from 3 different controllers) and all dab arrs and departures. All this with only the small portion of W158 called rainbow F. The sector had both a d-side controller and a tracker and was still out of control. We should not be asked to be placed in this position. This procedure of pushing the airplanes through no matter what has been reported many times through both ucr's and NASA reports. This is an accident in waiting. Is it going to take 2 aircraft getting together before something is finally done? The solution, either use st augustine sector as an arrival or departure sector but not both.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TFC REROUTED DUE TO WX, COMPRESSES INTO NARROW AIRSPACE FOR CTLR. TOO MUCH TFC, NOT ENOUGH AIRSPACE.

Narrative: AT THE ST AUGUSTINE SECTOR (R58) IT IS BOUNDED BY W158A. WE HAVE A PORTION OF THIS AIRSPACE WHICH IS CALLED RAINBOW F. IT IS ONLY A SMALL AREA E OF OMN. THE 2 ARRS INTO ORLANDO ARE THE LEESE AND BITHO ARRS. THE LEESE WAS CLOSED AND ALL ARRS WERE SENT OVER THE BITHO. ALL OVER FLTS TO THE N OVER J53 WERE DEVIATING DUE TO WX OVER OMN. SO THEY WERE ENDING UP OVER AND E OF OMN. ALL DEPS WERE DEVIATING E OF OMN THAT WERE OFF OF ORL. ALL MELBOURNE DEPS WERE DEVIATING OVER E OF OMN. ALL JAX ARRS WERE DEVIATING E OF OMN. SO WE NOW HAVE A SECTOR THAT IS WORKING ALL ORL DEPS, ALL MELBOURNE DEPS, ALL JAX ARRS (COMING OVER THE E COAST), ALL OVER FLTS OFF THE E COAST THAT ARE NBOUND, ALL MCO ARRS (WHICH ARE HAVING TO BE SEQUENCED FROM 3 DIFFERENT CTLRS) AND ALL DAB ARRS AND DEPS. ALL THIS WITH ONLY THE SMALL PORTION OF W158 CALLED RAINBOW F. THE SECTOR HAD BOTH A D-SIDE CTLR AND A TRACKER AND WAS STILL OUT OF CTL. WE SHOULD NOT BE ASKED TO BE PLACED IN THIS POS. THIS PROC OF PUSHING THE AIRPLANES THROUGH NO MATTER WHAT HAS BEEN RPTED MANY TIMES THROUGH BOTH UCR'S AND NASA RPTS. THIS IS AN ACCIDENT IN WAITING. IS IT GOING TO TAKE 2 ACFT GETTING TOGETHER BEFORE SOMETHING IS FINALLY DONE? THE SOLUTION, EITHER USE ST AUGUSTINE SECTOR AS AN ARR OR DEP SECTOR BUT NOT BOTH.

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.