FAI TRACON CTLR DESCRIBED MIL ACFT AIRSPACE ENTRY EVENT RESULTING FROM CONFUSED COORD WITH ZAN CTLR.
Synopsis
FAI TRACON CTLR DESCRIBED MIL ACFT AIRSPACE ENTRY EVENT RESULTING FROM CONFUSED COORD WITH ZAN CTLR.
Narrative
AT APPROX XA00 2 MIL ACFT DEPARTED EIL ON THE DELTA3 DEP PROC ENRTE TO MIL RANGES. REACHING THEIR ASSIGNED BLOCK ALT (7000-9000 FT) THE FLT WAS INFORMED THEY COULD EXPECT HIGHER IN 13 MI REF ACTIVE MIL AIRSPACE. UPON RECEIVING THIS XMISSION; THE FLT REQUESTED DIRECT PAGGI AND WAS INSTRUCTED THAT IT WAS ON REQUEST; AS THE RTE DIRECT PAGGI WOULD CONFLICT WITH THE ACTIVE MIL AIRSPACE. AT THIS POINT THE ZAN SECTOR 16 CTLR HAD ALREADY ACCEPTED THE AUTOMATED HDOF; SO I UTILIZED THE SHOUT LINE TO COORD THE FLT'S REQUEST. I GAVE THE ZAN CTLR AN APPREQ FOR FLT DIRECT PAGGI. THE APPREQ WAS APPROVED; SO I THEN CONFIRMED WITH THE ZAN CTLR THAT I COULD CLB THE FLT TO THEIR ASSIGNED ALT AND XFER RADIO COMS AND I WAS TOLD AFFIRMATIVE. A FEW MOMENTS LATER THE ZAN CTLR CALLED BACK VIA SHOUT LINE TO VERIFY THAT I WOULD KEEP FLT CLR OF THE MIL AIRSPACE. I INFORMED THE ZAN CTLR THAT I HAD ALREADY CLBED AND XFERRED RADIO COM. THE ZAN CTLR THEN INDICATED THAT EVERYTHING WAS FINE. THE UNDERLYING ISSUE THAT CAUSES THIS IS THE PRESENCE OF MIL AIRSPACE IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH ESTABLISHED DEP PROCS FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE FIGHTER ACFT; WHICH ARE FORCED TO STAY BELOW THE AIRSPACE UNTIL LATERALLY CLR.
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