Commercial Fixed Wing
Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 7
Situational Awareness; Workload
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Other / Unknown
Air Traffic Control Separated Traffic
Company Policy; Human Factors; Staffing
I was called in to work a sector. My D-side was told to go to another sector that had more traffic. I was OK for a little while to work without one. Traffic started picking back up and I needed a D-side; I asked for one and was told there was no one available to work my D-side. I was spacing for two airports. I was forced to spin aircraft in order to get the spacing. I needed a D-side and there was not enough Controllers. I was overloaded and I felt it was unsafe to work that many aircraft. We need more people or the traffic slowed down to help keep our airspace safe.
ZJX Center Controller reported needing a D-Side Controller but none were available due to a lack of staffing creating an unsafe workload on the sector.