Large Transport
Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 3
Situational Awareness; Distraction; Confusion; Communication Breakdown; Time Pressure
ATC Issue All Types; Airspace Violation All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance
Airspace Structure; Procedure
It was first thing in the morning and we were opening sectors. I opened sector 28; 29; 30; 39; 46; 47. I was also getting a D-side at the time and told him to call me to listen into the briefing I was getting. After I opened those sectors another controller took the 29; 30; 46 airspace. I was briefed that R2601 was active FL349 and below. When I tried to display this airspace on my scope I could not. The controller on the other sector informed me I could not display it because it was not activated in ERAM (Enroute Automation Modernization). He then went and turned it on in ERAM. Because it was not activated there were no alerts in URET (User Request Evaluation Tool) and the airspace was not being displayed on high altitude scopes. There was also some confusion as my D-side briefed sector 29; 30; 46 opening. Once we got the restricted airspace activated in ERAM I noticed Aircraft X in sector 30's airspace was in R2601 and informed the other sector. When airspace is going hot first thing in the morning a supervisor should be responsible to make sure it is activated in ERAM.
ZDV Controller reports of opening up a position and not having the correct information displayed on ERAM (Enroute Automation Modernization). No one entered information into the computer that a certain airspace was going to be hot. An Aircraft was in the hot airspace. Controller thought it was the Front Line Managers duty to enter this information.