Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 3
Workload; Situational Awareness; Distraction; Communication Breakdown
ATC Issue All Types; Airspace Violation All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance
Company Policy; Human Factors; Procedure; Airspace Structure
During a very busy arrival and departure session. It appeared that ZTL Center started to vector aircraft off of the arrival and towards my departure corridor. TMC (Traffic Management Coordinator) and the Supervisor told me after the fact that they released my airspace to Center without my knowledge. TMC told me they told Center to call me with a point out but I never talked to Center. Approximately 5 or 6 aircraft entered my airspace without approval or point out from me and at the time I had multiple departures climbing underneath this operation; then the supervisor approved them to hold an aircraft again in my airspace without my approval. I asked the Supervisor after this situation why this occurred and why we didn't have Center go into holding. The Supervisor told me that I should have known what was going on and that it was ok for someone else to approve operations in my airspace. I stated this was unacceptable and a very unsafe practice. After the first aircraft was coordinated; the TMC should have went in to holding in the appropriate location. The Supervisor should have seen what was happening and also discussed holding the aircraft. The supervision was very poor in this entire situation.
CLT TRACON Controller reported that his Supervisor assigned some of his airspace to ZTL Center without his knowledge.