2007-06 · NASA ASRS report 747169
ZOB CTLR EXPERIENCED OPDEV WHEN FLOW CTL MEASURES ALTERED THE NORMAL OPS RESULTING IN A LATE HDOF TO AN ADJACENT SECTOR.
DUE TO FLOW CTL INITIATIVES; NORMALLY S DEPS WERE DEPARTING DETROIT TO THE W. ACR X WAS REQUESTING FL320. I HAD TFC AT FL230; SO THE JACKSON SECTOR GAVE HIM CLBING TO FL220 ON A HDG FOR PXV. ONCE CLR OF TFC; I POINTED ACR X OUT TO SECTOR 28 AND SECTOR 7; TOOK OUT THE INTERIM ALT; CLBED TO FL320 AND FLASHED TO ZAU AT G88; THE KEELER CTLR WASN'T TAKING THE FLASH; SO I SHOUTED OVER THE LINE FOR THE HDOF. THE KEELER CTLR FINALLY TOOK THE HDOF AND I SWITCHED FREQS. BECAUSE OF THE FLOW CTL ISSUES; WE WORKED THIS ACFT USING PROCS WE OTHERWISE WOULDN'T USE. ACFT ARE USUALLY CAPPED AT FL220 DEPARTING DETROIT TO THE W; THEN TURNING SW. ON THE OCCASION THAT WE WOULD WORK SOMEBODY REQUESTING HIGHER; THE PROC BEFORE ORD MODERNIZATION PLAN WOULD HAVE BEEN TO COORD AND FLASH THE HDOF TO THE KEELER SECTOR. SINCE THE ORD MODERNIZATION PLAN WENT INTO EFFECT ON MAR/XA/07; THIS SITUATION HASN'T OCCURRED WITH ME; AND TODAY'S INCIDENT WAS AN OVERSIGHT. EVENTS SUCH AS THIS COULD BE PREVENTED IN THE FUTURE WITH BETTER TRAINING WHEN NEW AIRSPACE GOES INTO EFFECT. WE HAD A MASS BRIEFING SEVERAL WKS BEFORE THE AIRSPACE WAS ACTIVATED; AND NO MAP STUDY TIME WAS ALLOTTED.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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