Regional Jet CL65; Undifferentiated or Other Model
Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
ATC Issue All Types; Airspace Violation All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors
I was working the RADAR associate position while OJT was being conducted on one of my developmentals. We only had 4 aircraft on frequency. Three of the four aircraft were in the Southern part of the sector and one was a high inbound to a Class C Airport. The fourth aircraft was an overflight in the Northern part of the airspace. There was overflight traffic at FL310 and a very slow overflight at FL260 that the Class C arrival needed to be vectored around. The Instructor and I were both discussing with the Developmental on ways to get the Class C arrival down. We all had our attention on this situation and the overflight in the Northern part of the airspace entered the next sector without a hand off. This is a classic example of allowing OJT to distract from the position duties. We all got involved in trying to help the Developmental. I should have stay more focused on the overall sector operation while the Instructor discussed the traffic situation with the Developmental. As a FLM; I am very aware of how easy it is to get tunnel vision on one situation and stop scanning the airspace and yet I allowed myself to do just that.
Enroute Supervisor described an airspace infraction during an OJT session when both he and the Instructor were advising the Developmental both failing to note the developing problem.