No Aircraft
Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 1.8
Training / Qualification; Communication Breakdown
ATC Issue All Types; Airspace Violation All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT; Inflight Event / Encounter Laser
Air Traffic Control Separated Traffic
Airspace Structure; Procedure
R-side working Columbus/Pike/Parkersburg airspace; Charleston Approach and Columbus Approach airspace at the same time. Having little effective contigency plan for approach controls shutting down. Working multiple aircraft into unfamiliar airspace with unfamiliar approaches to three airports all within 15-20 miles of each other; while managing holding aircraft; other enroute aircraft and aircraft wanting approaches to airports where we provide approach services. A laser event also occured around the ZZV VOR while this was occuring; with a green laser hitting an aircraft. Luckily no injuries were reported. Have a baseline contingency plan that includes aides for the controller; including LOAs between facilities; suggestions like establishing holding stacks; downstream speed reductions; local best practices used by respective approach controllers; etc. Also; try not to shut down an entire approach control facility during peak traffic times; especially on one of the busiest travel holiday weekends of the year.
ZID Controller reported working two approach airspaces without proper contingency plan or established procedures resulted in airspace and MVA violations.