Reporter alleges WX related traffic rertes into ZMP and czyz airspace was inadequate due staffing, e...

Attributes
ACN	373902
Time
Date	199707
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zmp
State Reference	MN
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : cle
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
ASRS Report	373902
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Due to thunderstorms, numerous aircraft were rerted into ZMP airspace and then east into toronto center airspace. The safe, orderly and expeditious flow of traffic was interrupted when it came time to handoff the airplanes to toronto center. Due to inadequate staffing and equipment and flow controls, ZMP was understaffed and no overtime called in. Czyz was also under staffed. Not only were we working much more traffic than usual with inadequate staffing, the traffic was difficult because the airplanes were deviating and had to be rerted around WX. On top of all of these conditions, there is no automation of flight plan information between the united states and canada, nor is there automation of radar handoffs. Flow restrs were non existent or inadequate. All of this led to an ugly system breakdown where eastbound traffic was turned west and safety was in question.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RPTR ALLEGES WX RELATED TFC RERTES INTO ZMP AND CZYZ AIRSPACE WAS INADEQUATE DUE STAFFING, EQUIP AND FLOW CTLS. RPTR CLAIMS THERE IS NO AUTOMATION OF FLT PLAN DATA BTWN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA OR AUTOMATED HDOFS.

Narrative: DUE TO TSTMS, NUMEROUS ACFT WERE RERTED INTO ZMP AIRSPACE AND THEN E INTO TORONTO CTR AIRSPACE. THE SAFE, ORDERLY AND EXPEDITIOUS FLOW OF TFC WAS INTERRUPTED WHEN IT CAME TIME TO HDOF THE AIRPLANES TO TORONTO CTR. DUE TO INADEQUATE STAFFING AND EQUIP AND FLOW CTLS, ZMP WAS UNDERSTAFFED AND NO OVERTIME CALLED IN. CZYZ WAS ALSO UNDER STAFFED. NOT ONLY WERE WE WORKING MUCH MORE TFC THAN USUAL WITH INADEQUATE STAFFING, THE TFC WAS DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE AIRPLANES WERE DEVIATING AND HAD TO BE RERTED AROUND WX. ON TOP OF ALL OF THESE CONDITIONS, THERE IS NO AUTOMATION OF FLT PLAN INFO BTWN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, NOR IS THERE AUTOMATION OF RADAR HDOFS. FLOW RESTRS WERE NON EXISTENT OR INADEQUATE. ALL OF THIS LED TO AN UGLY SYS BREAKDOWN WHERE EBOUND TFC WAS TURNED W AND SAFETY WAS IN QUESTION.

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.

Reporter alleges WX related traffic rertes into ZMP and czyz airspace was inadequate due staffing, equipment and flow controls. Reporter claims there is no automation of flight plan data between the united states and canada or automated handoffs.