Commercial Fixed Wing
Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 10.5
Situational Awareness; Confusion; Communication Breakdown; Workload; Distraction
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation - Track / Heading All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance
Human Factors; Procedure
I was training my trainee at the High Side; Sector 75 when we were feeding the Low Sector; EWR and LGA arrivals to sector 91. The Low Side Controller was struggling big time and he was vectoring LGA arrivals all over the sky. He refused to shut us off but wanted everyone on a 180 heading on initial contact (normal route is heading 100). This went on for a very long time and eventually the 180 headings started to increase our workload to a point when it was unsafe because they were driving into 73's airspace. I screamed over at him; '[Name]; shut us off because we are not doing these 180 headings anymore'. Basically; I had to tell him how to do his job. We went into the hold; and eventually shutoff Cleveland Center and they started to hold LGA arrivals all because he jams himself and creates un-necessary workload. A couple of weeks ago; he put himself into a hold on his own; just to play catch-up; which doesn't makes any sense at all. This happens consistently on shifts [with] him. Usually; what happens when the supervisors find out something is going on; they turn the other way because it's no harm; no foul. This needs to stop.
ZNY Center Controller reported another Controller's continuous problems overloading a sector due to his performance.