RPTR CLAIMS AIRSPACE DEV FROM AIRSPACE SHELVES BY THE ADJACENT FACILITY. RPTR CLAIMS DISTR TO WATCH THE AIRSPACE.

Date: 1996-11

Anomalies: other-unspecified

Synopsis

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.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.