ACFT WERE REMAINING AT LOWER FLT LEVELS DUE TO TURB. RPTR RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS FROM THE MIL TO HDOF 3 SEPARATE ALT RESERVATIONS; NBOUND AT A BLOCK ALT THAT WOULD CONFLICT WITH HIS TFC. RPTR STATES HE HAD NO INFO AT THE SECTOR OF THESE MIL ALT RESERVATIONS; AND WAS EXTREMELY BUSY AND BELIEVES THOSE IN THE FACILITY THAT SHOULD HAVE HELPED HIM WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

1998-11 · NASA ASRS report 420919

Date: 1998-11 · Aircraft: Fighting Falcon F16

Anomalies: inflight-event-encounter-other-unknown|other-unspecified

Synopsis

ACFT WERE REMAINING AT LOWER FLT LEVELS DUE TO TURB. RPTR RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS FROM THE MIL TO HDOF 3 SEPARATE ALT RESERVATIONS; NBOUND AT A BLOCK ALT THAT WOULD CONFLICT WITH HIS TFC. RPTR STATES HE HAD NO INFO AT THE SECTOR OF THESE MIL ALT RESERVATIONS; AND WAS EXTREMELY BUSY AND BELIEVES THOSE IN THE FACILITY THAT SHOULD HAVE HELPED HIM WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

Narrative

CONTINUOUS MODERATE CHOP ON J121 OVER SOUTH VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA AT OR ABOVE FL310. SBOUND PUSH IN PROGRESS. MOST ACFT FL220-FL280 DUE TO CHOP. ZJX TRIED TO HAND OFF ACFT X; 6/F16 BLOCK ALT FL250-FL270. I TOLD ZJX UNABLE BLOCK DUE TO SBOUND TFC AND CONTINUOUS MODERATE CHOP. I SUGGESTED RERTE TYI ORF (NO TFC ON J79). ZJX SAID 'BUT THEY'RE ON AN ALT RESERVATION.' THIS WAS THE FIRST I HEARD OF AN ALT RESERVATION. I STILL INSISTED ON RERTE DUE TO TFC (SAFETY). THERE WAS NO ALT RESERVATION PAPERWORK ON SECTOR. SUPVR ASLEEP (?) FEET UP. I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO ADVISE HIM WHAT I WAS DOING AND WHY. A SECOND FLT CAME AND WE DID THE SAME THING. ACFT WERE CLRED TO REJOIN THE ALT RESERVATION WHEN CLR OF TFC. I HAD 3-4 BAYS OF TFC WORKING A COMBINED SECTOR (ILM/DIW H). DIW FREQS OTS ANYWAY. TFC VERY HVY. NO HELP FROM TMU. AS A RESULT OF THE RERTE AND SPIN (A THIRD FLT) THE ALT RESERVATION WAS DELAYED. COMMAND CTR AND STATE DEPT INVOLVED BECAUSE IT WAS APPARENTLY A 'LIVE' MISSION THAT WAS DELAYED. NO PAPERWORK; NO BRIEFING. DUE TO VOLUME AND CHOP; ALT RESERVATION HAD TO BE MOVED. THIS WHOLE THING WAS A MESS. POSSIBLE PLTDEV WITH TANKER (NEXT SECTOR). POSSIBLE AIRSPACE VIOLATION ZJX TO ZDC. NO HELP FROM TMU. NO HELP FROM MGMNT. TOO MUCH TO LIST. NOW THEY WANT A HEAD -- MINE?

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

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