P31 CTLR IS CONCERNED WITH INACCURATE COORD PROCS REGARDING ADJACENT MIL AIRSPACE.

Date: 2003-12 · Aircraft: Hercules (C-130)

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Synopsis

P31 CTLR IS CONCERNED WITH INACCURATE COORD PROCS REGARDING ADJACENT MIL AIRSPACE.

Narrative

ON WKENDS; PNS APCH TAKES OVER VPS AIRSPACE. A MISSION SHEET IS FAXED TO US WITH TIMES AND ALTS AND MISSION PROFILE NUMBERS. THE SUPVR TAKES THIS INFO; LOOKS UP THE PROFILE IN AN OUTDATED BOOK; AND COLORS IN A MAP SHOWING WHAT NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED. WHEN I TOOK THE VPS POS; I WAS BRIEFED THAT WE WERE PROTECTING A SMALL AREA OF R2914 FOR AN AC130. I OBSERVED THE ACFT GOING 15 MI OUT OF THE AREA WE WERE PROTECTING. WHEN A LIFEGUARD HELI CALLED WANTING INFO ON WHERE HE COULD AND COULD NOT GO; I BECAME CONCERNED. I CHKED THE PROFILE BOOK MYSELF AND DISCOVERED WE ONLY HAD 1 OF 2 PROFILES BEING FLOWN. AT THIS POINT THE SUPVR HAD LEFT AND WE HAD A CIC. I CALLED THE RANGE OPS CTL; USING A CORDLESS PHONE; SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A DIRECT LINE; AND FOUND OUT THE SECOND PROFILE WAS A LARGE ONE. WE HADN'T BEEN PROTECTING ALL OF THE AIRSPACE WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN. THE ROC FAXED A COPY OF THE MISSION PROFILE. SOLUTIONS: 1) IF WE ARE TO WORK SUA ON A PART-TIME BASIS; SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVING CURRENT INFO AVAILABLE. 2) HAD A SUPVR BEEN PRESENT; I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO RESEARCH THE PROB; WHILE WORKING THE AIRSPACE.

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