EMB ERJ 135 ER/LR
Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Communication Breakdown
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors; Procedure
Traverse Low and Traverse High sectors were combined. ZOB is supposed to put aircraft entering Sector 2 (low sector) on 132.9 (Sector 2 frequency); and those aircraft above FL210 on the high frequency. They put a TVC lander at FL200 on the high frequency. It is an extreme safety hazard if we don't catch these mistakes because of the icing conditions these 2 sectors face. If aircraft are on the wrong frequency; then we lose them as we are vectoring for final; in a critical phase of flight; often where icing is the most prevalent. And often; this is the only aircraft on the frequency; so there is no way to get the aircraft over to the right frequency until they find their own way. This happens several times daily with ZOB. They consistently put aircraft on the wrong frequency. They have done it to me 4 times in the past week alone; and that's JUST ME! This isn't an unusual sector configuration or anything out of the normal procedure. This is standard configuration that ZOB has worked next to us with for decades. Better training for Cleveland Center controllers.
ZMP Controller expressed frustration regarding controllers at ZOB who reportedly assign the wrong frequency; especially when sectors are combined/split etc.