Traffic exceeds 100 percent of operational acceptable standard. Sector saturation. Ongoing problem.

Attributes
ACN	306830
Time
Date	199506
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zau
State Reference	IL
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zau
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller radar : 10
ASRS Report	306830
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Once again the fwa and logan high altitude sectors far exceeded 100 percent of operational acceptable level of traffic. On this date the level was sustained for several hours. Traffic required 4 people at the fwa sector for 2 hours. Nothing was done to relieve the traffic. Staffing is not adequate. This is unacceptable and places undue stress on the controller. Controller fatigue became a very legitimate concern. The fwa and logan high altitude sectors have been routinely exceeding 100 percent of operationally acceptable levels of traffic. Traffic management unit monitor alert system has done nothing to relieve traffic management and traffic management unit are aware that there is a problem, but nothing is being done to help the situation. This situation is unacceptable.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TFC EXCEEDS 100 PERCENT OF OPERATIONAL ACCEPTABLE STANDARD. SECTOR SATURATION. ONGOING PROB.

Narrative: ONCE AGAIN THE FWA AND LOGAN HIGH ALT SECTORS FAR EXCEEDED 100 PERCENT OF OPERATIONAL ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF TFC. ON THIS DATE THE LEVEL WAS SUSTAINED FOR SEVERAL HRS. TFC REQUIRED 4 PEOPLE AT THE FWA SECTOR FOR 2 HRS. NOTHING WAS DONE TO RELIEVE THE TFC. STAFFING IS NOT ADEQUATE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND PLACES UNDUE STRESS ON THE CTLR. CTLR FATIGUE BECAME A VERY LEGITIMATE CONCERN. THE FWA AND LOGAN HIGH ALT SECTORS HAVE BEEN ROUTINELY EXCEEDING 100 PERCENT OF OPERATIONALLY ACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF TFC. TFC MGMNT UNIT MONITOR ALERT SYS HAS DONE NOTHING TO RELIEVE TFC MGMNT AND TFC MGMNT UNIT ARE AWARE THAT THERE IS A PROB, BUT NOTHING IS BEING DONE TO HELP THE SIT. THIS SIT IS UNACCEPTABLE.

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.