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Reporter states 9 or 10 people man a center area of 6 sectors for which staffing guidelines indicate 12 are required. Reporter claims this is a chronic problem and that controllers are working under heavy stress and extreme fatigue.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 366325 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199704 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zoa |
| State Reference | CA |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 4 |
| ASRS Report | 366325 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other other anomaly other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On apr/xx/97, an area of specialization in ZOA was grossly understaffed in terms of its ATC specialist contingent. The 6 sector, 13 position area was staffed with only 9-10 controllers during the indicated hours (where staffing guidelines indicate 12 are required), resulting in controllers operating under heavy stress and extreme fatigue. This is a chronic problem and will no doubt result in an accident in the near future.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RPTR STATES 9 OR 10 PEOPLE MAN A CTR AREA OF 6 SECTORS FOR WHICH STAFFING GUIDELINES INDICATE 12 ARE REQUIRED. RPTR CLAIMS THIS IS A CHRONIC PROB AND THAT CTLRS ARE WORKING UNDER HVY STRESS AND EXTREME FATIGUE.
Narrative: ON APR/XX/97, AN AREA OF SPECIALIZATION IN ZOA WAS GROSSLY UNDERSTAFFED IN TERMS OF ITS ATC SPECIALIST CONTINGENT. THE 6 SECTOR, 13 POS AREA WAS STAFFED WITH ONLY 9-10 CTLRS DURING THE INDICATED HRS (WHERE STAFFING GUIDELINES INDICATE 12 ARE REQUIRED), RESULTING IN CTLRS OPERATING UNDER HVY STRESS AND EXTREME FATIGUE. THIS IS A CHRONIC PROB AND WILL NO DOUBT RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
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.