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Reporter claims airspace deviation from airspace shelves by the adjacent facility. Reporter claims distraction to watch the airspace.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 353277 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199611 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : gso |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 10000 msl bound upper : 10000 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : gso |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller military : 2 controller radar : 18 flight time total : 50 |
| ASRS Report | 353277 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted none taken : unable |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
Previous NASA reports and ucr's have been filed about clt shelves in our airspace. None have been answered. This is a very serious situation. Clt never had this airspace before last yr and everything worked fine. Now gso must keep a constant watch on about 50 square mi of airspace to make sure there isn't a problem, and hope the other 4000 square mi of airspace works itself out. I think this distraction is a serious safety problem. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated that clt was given 10000 ft, 11000 ft and 12000 ft within reporter's airspace. Reporter alleged the problem is clt is at times unable to take handoffs on traffic at 10000 ft until the aircraft is close to the airspace boundary and requires gso to take last min action to avoid going into clt's airspace until the handoff can be accepted. Reporter was asked if they could coordination in advance of the handoff to allow the traffic to enter the airspace without taking action to avoid it. Reporter alleges that clt says it is unacceptable because of jets descending in the airspace.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RPTR CLAIMS AIRSPACE DEV FROM AIRSPACE SHELVES BY THE ADJACENT FACILITY. RPTR CLAIMS DISTR TO WATCH THE AIRSPACE.
Narrative: PREVIOUS NASA RPTS AND UCR'S HAVE BEEN FILED ABOUT CLT SHELVES IN OUR AIRSPACE. NONE HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SIT. CLT NEVER HAD THIS AIRSPACE BEFORE LAST YR AND EVERYTHING WORKED FINE. NOW GSO MUST KEEP A CONSTANT WATCH ON ABOUT 50 SQUARE MI OF AIRSPACE TO MAKE SURE THERE ISN'T A PROB, AND HOPE THE OTHER 4000 SQUARE MI OF AIRSPACE WORKS ITSELF OUT. I THINK THIS DISTR IS A SERIOUS SAFETY PROB. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT CLT WAS GIVEN 10000 FT, 11000 FT AND 12000 FT WITHIN RPTR'S AIRSPACE. RPTR ALLEGED THE PROB IS CLT IS AT TIMES UNABLE TO TAKE HDOFS ON TFC AT 10000 FT UNTIL THE ACFT IS CLOSE TO THE AIRSPACE BOUNDARY AND REQUIRES GSO TO TAKE LAST MIN ACTION TO AVOID GOING INTO CLT'S AIRSPACE UNTIL THE HDOF CAN BE ACCEPTED. RPTR WAS ASKED IF THEY COULD COORD IN ADVANCE OF THE HDOF TO ALLOW THE TFC TO ENTER THE AIRSPACE WITHOUT TAKING ACTION TO AVOID IT. RPTR ALLEGES THAT CLT SAYS IT IS UNACCEPTABLE BECAUSE OF JETS DSNDING IN THE AIRSPACE.
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.