Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 26
Time Pressure; Human-Machine Interface; Situational Awareness; Distraction; Confusion; Communication Breakdown
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict Airborne Conflict; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Air Traffic Control Separated Traffic
Procedure; Human Factors
This is the first of three events that occurred tonight in a 1 1/2 hour period. ZDV handed us two aircraft at FL370 on collision courses. We had to reach out and call Denver to take one of them down to FL350. I have spoken to two different areas in our facility that deal with this same sector/area in Denver. Area 5; Area 6 and Area 4 all have sectors that border the area in Denver that houses this particular Denver sector. They all have confessed that they too have daily occurrences of separation errors. Unfortunately; I believe that most of these don't get reported. Quite honestly; I can understand why. The managers in our facility don't seem to care! I've had numerous experiences with my area manager in which he has told me that he wouldn't pursue the example that I've brought to him. Like I mentioned above; this is one of three situations Denver handed us in less than an hour and a half; and I'm not filling out the second one because it's exhausting doing these when I know nothing will come of it.
Minneapolis Center Controller reported that Denver Center handed off two aircraft on a collision course.