Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 14.5
Workload; Troubleshooting; Distraction; Confusion; Time Pressure
Airspace Violation All Types; Deviation - Track / Heading All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Air Traffic Control Separated Traffic
Weather; Airspace Structure; Human Factors
I climbed Aircraft X to FL400. Based on aircraft performance; I expected the aircraft to be level by the boundary. There were a lot of deviations and rerouted aircraft in my sector adding a lot to the complexity of the sector. I didn't notice Aircraft Y coming northbound at FL390. I switched Aircraft X to ZTL. When the conflict alert activated; I saw that the only solution was to turn Aircraft Y to the right. I turned 20 right and called the BADIN sector right away to tell them. I called several times and they never picked up the line. No separation was lost (due to my turn) but I never officially got permission to turn in their airspace.TMU has to come up with better plans than to constantly keep traffic in Area 5 when there is weather. The complexity of the sectors go through the roof with their asinine ideas to get traffic through with virtually no restrictions. I was so distracted by the huge departure push over MOL that I missed a simple thing.
ZDC Controller reports of a airspace deviation that is caused by flight deviations and traffic workload in the sector.