Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 1
Time Pressure; Workload; Troubleshooting; Situational Awareness; Human-Machine Interface; Distraction; Confusion
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Equipment Issue
ATC Equipment / Nav Facility / Buildings; Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors
I just took over the position X. I was briefed that we would be switching from east operations; to west operations because of a wind shift. About 3 weeks ago; we moved scopes and positions around to accommodate increased social distancing. Due to this; there are new macros and procedures that supervisors must adhere to. As our last aircraft landed on the east runways; the Supervisor started to put in new macros. My tags did not acquire; and I had to manually coordinate with the Feeder to let him know when I had radar on traffic. When I was starting to get busy and it was clear the macros being entered were not working; my scope changed from a west operations final pref set to an east operations final monitor preference set. I had to slide over to the adjacent position and work my final off of that scope because mine was completely unusable.This is an absolute safety concern that I have heard has happened before. I recommend they move the scopes back to the normal working configuration because this is clearly not working and is a huge safety hazard and it should concern everyone.
TRACON Controller reported having to make a configuration change but the data tags did not change to the correct airport configuration; making the reporter move quickly to a close by position and sharing the scope.