OPERROR RPTED INVOLVING AN F16 AND A B737 OPERATING ON TWO CONFLICTING OPS PROCS FROM DIFFERENT ARPTS.

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THE PROCS FOR F16'S OFF OF WILLIAMS GATEWAY TO LUKE AFB INCLUDE AN AUTOMATIC CLB TO 15000 FT. THE DEP GATE FOR EBOUND TFC WAS IN USE; WHICH IS NORMALLY NOT THE CASE WHEN THE F16'S ARE ACTIVE. THIS PROC WAS NOT WANTED BY THE CTLRS BECAUSE THEY FORESAW WHAT COULD HAPPEN LIKE THIS ERROR. THE SUPVR ON DUTY WAS NOT PAYING ATTN TO THE OP; GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES; AND DID NOTHING TO HELP AVOID IT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED E DEP TFC OFF PHX IS AFFECTED BY A MOA E OF PHX REFERRING TO A 'GATE' AS BEING OPEN OR CLOSED. RPTR INDICATED AN OPEN 'GATE' MEANT E OPS THROUGH THE ADJACENT AREA WAS OPEN TO THE DEPS AND CLOSED 'GATE' MEANT THE AREA WAS CLOSED AND THAT E DEPS WOULD BE TURNED AND ROUTED A DIFFERENT WAY. RPTR INDICATED AN AWARENESS OF THE F16 BUT DID NOT HAVE A STRIP OF KNOWLEDGE OF WHERE THE ACFT WAS GOING. RPTR STATED THE B737 HAD ALREADY BEEN SWITCHED TO THE CTR BUT MADE AN ATTEMPT TO INFORM THE CTR OF THE CLBING F16 AS TFC FOR THE B737. RPTR INDICATED THAT IN THIS INSTANCE; THE 'GATE' HAD BEEN CLOSED AND HAD ONLY BEEN OPENED A FEW MINS BEFORE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. RPTR STATED THE PROC IS STILL IN USE. ANALYST LEARNED THE FROM THE RPTR THAT THE RPTR HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM CTLR DUTIES AND DEMOTED. RPTR ALLEGES THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO REMOVE RPTR FROM THE FACILITY. RPTR ALSO STATED THAT THE UNION FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE SENT INFO ABOUT THE INCIDENT TO THE MEDIA WHICH ENDED UP ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE NEWSPAPER AND ON TELEVISION AND INVOLVED HAVING NEWS RPTRS AT THE RPTR'S HOME. RPTR INDICATED THE INCIDENT WAS TREATED AS AN NMAC BY THE MEDIA. RPTR STATED THE PRINTOUT INFO INDICATED THAT SEPARATION BTWN THE 2 ACFT WAS 1.8 MI AND 900 FT.