APCH CTLR COMPLAINT ABOUT THE STAFFING OF FACILITY DURING SE PLAN. CTLRS REQUIRED TO WORK OVER 2 HRS ON POS DUE TO STAFFING SHORTAGE AND A DECERTIFIED CTLR USED ON THE 2 FLT DATA POS COMBINED AND TO GIVE FLT DATA TRAINING.
Synopsis
APCH CTLR COMPLAINT ABOUT THE STAFFING OF FACILITY DURING SE PLAN. CTLRS REQUIRED TO WORK OVER 2 HRS ON POS DUE TO STAFFING SHORTAGE AND A DECERTIFIED CTLR USED ON THE 2 FLT DATA POS COMBINED AND TO GIVE FLT DATA TRAINING.
Narrative
THIS WAS THE FIRST DAY OF SFO GOING SE; RWY 19L. THE SHIFT WAS VERY CHAOTIC. UPON GOING TO SE CONFIGN THE SE MAP AT SEVERAL SECTORS WAS NOT SUITABLE FOR USE. IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THIS MAP WAS NOT CHKED PRIOR TO GOING TO SE CONFIGN. THUS THE RADAR AT OAK WAS SWITCHED OFF UNTIL THE MAP FIXED. DUE TO LACK OF SE QUALIFIED PERSONNEL; AND THE OTHER QUALIFIED RADAR CTLR BEING DECERTIFIED DUE TO AN OPERROR/DEV THE PREVIOUS DAY; SEVERAL (3) CTLRS WENT OVER 2 HRS ON SECTOR. WHEN IT BECAME APPARENT TO THE SUPVRS ON DUTY THAT MORE CTLRS WERE GOING TO GO OVER THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATED 2 HRS; MGMNT BROUGHT IN THE PREVIOUSLY DECERTIFIED CTLR TO WORK FLT DATA 2 POS COMBINED AND GIVE TRAINING AT THE SAME TIME ON THE COMBINED FLT DATA POS. ACCORDING TO PAST FACILITY POLICY PRACTICE; WHEN DECERTIFIED ON ONE POS; THE CTLR IS DECERTIFIED ON ALL POS UNTIL GIVEN AN OVER-THE-SHOULDER; AND REMEDIAL TRAINING HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. I BELIEVE MGMNT SHOULD HAVE MADE MORE OF AN EFFORT TO QUALIFY PERSONNEL IN SE OPS PRIOR TO THIS TIME OF YR; CALLED IN OVERTIME WHEN THEY FIRST KNEW SE WAS APPARENT; CURTAILED SVCS IF NOT ENOUGH QUALIFIED PERSONNEL TO WORK.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.