ACFT PENETRATED ZBW AIRSPACE WITHOUT BEING APPROVED BY ZBW. REPORTER ALLEGES CONTINUOUS PROBLEM BETWEEN ZNY AND ZBW BECAUSE ZBW REFUSES HANDOFFS. OPERATIONAL DEVIATION.

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I WAS WORKING THE AREA C; SECTOR 34; POS R34. SHORTLY AFTER I ASSUMED THE DUTIES; I WAS TOLD BY THE WATCH SUPVR THAT I WOULD BE GETTING TFC GOING TO LGA VIA HNK-IGN/DNY-IGN AND THAT THIS WAS ALL PRECOORDINATED WITH CENTRAL FLOW/ZNY AND ZBW. WE WERE IN A SWAP PROGRAM. THE FIRST 3 ACFT ENRTE TO LGA WERE FLASHING TO BOS; SEPARATED AND SUFFICIENTLY IN TRAIL. AT THAT TIME I ALSO HAD TFC ENRTE TO JFK AND TEB DSNDING; AND TFC OUT OF METROPOLITAN ARPTS CLBING WBOUND. IN ADDITION I HAD 3 OTHER HDOFS FROM N.Y. AREA D; WHO JUST CAME OUT OF A HOLD AT MIP; AS A RESULT OF THIS CENTRAL FLOW/N.Y./BOSTON AGREEMENT. THERE WAS ALSO TFC ENRTE TO LGA AND OTHER POINTS COMING FROM CLE CENTER. BY THIS TIME I WAS REALLY GETTING BUSY AND THE WATCH SUPVR AT FIRST SAT DOWN TO HELP ME ON THE H34 POS. AFTER A FEW MINS; HE CALLED ON ANOTHER FPL CTLR FROM SECTOR 50 AND TOLD HIM TO WORK H34. A FEW MINS LATER (OR IT MAY HAVE BEEN SECS) I OVERHEARD H34 CALLING ZBW FOR THE HDOFS. I WAS VERY BUSY AND HAD NO INKLING THAT BOS WOULD NOT TAKE THE HDOFS ON TFC THEY AGREED TO. WHAT ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS FEELING WAS THAT 2 NIGHTS BEFORE; SAME KIND OF AGREEMENT WAS WORKED OUT BTWN CENTRAL FLOW/N.Y./BOSTON; AND I WORKED 27 INBNDS TO LGA VIA HNK-IGN IN A 45 MIN TIME SPAN; ABOUT THE SAME TIME OF THE NIGHT; UNDER SAME SWAP CONDITIONS. I HAD VECTORED SEVERAL ACFT TO MAKE IT WORK; AND REDUCED EVERYBODY TO 250 KTS. THAT NIGHT; BOS WAS NOT TAKING EARLY HDOFS. AS A MATTER OF FACT; ON QUITE A NUMBER OF HDOFS; WE HAD TO CALL THEM AND THEY WOULD FINALLY TAKE THE HDOF VERBALLY; BUT LET THE MACHINE HDOF FLASH A LITTLE MORE BEFORE TAKING IT. I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT FLASHING HDOFS NEAR OR AT ZBW BOUNDARY IS NOTHING UNUSUAL AND IS COMMON TO BOS CENTER MODE OF OPERATION. EVER SINCE RESECTORIZATION IN 3/88 AND OUR GIVING ZBW THE HNK CORRIDOR AIRSPACE; WE HAVE CONSTANTLY EXPERIENCED THEIR RELUCTANCE IN ANSWERING HDOF LINES. WHEN MY HDOF MAN FINALLY GOT THE VERBAL UNACCEPTANCE OF TFC FROM BOS CENTER; I STARTED TO BRING BACK THE FIRST 3 ACFT; WHICH WERE ALREADY PAST THE BOUNDARY. I STARTED CLRING EVERYONE TO HOLD AT BGM. IN THE PROCESS OF CONTAINMENT; THE OTHER 3 ACFT MADE WIDE SWINGS AND INFRINGED UPON ZBW'S AIRSPACE 5-10 MI. SECTOR #34; SINCE RESECTORED IN 3/88; IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO HIGH VOL TFC AND CONTAINMENT AT THE SAME TIME. WHEN YOU HAVE A SITUATION WHERE AN INTRAIL HAS BEEN WORKED OUT; AND THEN YOU ARE TOLD THEY DON'T WANT THIS TFC; IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN W/O SPILLAGE--COUPLED WITH HIGH DENSITY TFC; IT'S DOWNRIGHT IMPOSSIBLE. IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION; MY FIRST PRIORITY WAS TO SEPARATE TFC; AND THEN TO CONTAIN FROM ZBW. YOU JUST CAN'T STOP THAT MANY ACFT ON A DIME. I DON'T HAVE TOO BIG OF A PROB IN ACCEPTING ZBW'S REQUEST TO HOLD TFC IN MY AIRSPACE; BUT I FIND IT UNCONSCIONABLE TO HAVE 3 PEOPLE AT BOS DNY SECTOR; NONE OF WHICH KNEW HOW TO HANDLE SITUATION PROPERLY; EXCEPT NOT ANSWER THE HDOF LINE. YET THEY HAD TIME TO SIT AND RECORD ALL THE LIMITED DATA/CODES TO WRITE US UP. I KNOW NOW THAT I WAS WRONG IN GOING ON BLIND FAITH AND NOT CONTAINING IN TIME; BUT THERE IS A LOT MORE TO THIS THAN JUST THAT.