Follow up going through ATL

On 3/15/04 3:09 PM, in article
et, "Chip Jones"
wrote:

I wonder when you flew through, Kevin?

We had a massive staffing problem at the ARTCC on Sunday. In the ARTCC
North Departure area, we only had 7 CPC controllers on the day shift
(minimum number is 13) and 8 on the evening shift (minimum number is 15).
This with six sectors open in the Area. We even had the evening shift
supervisor call in sick, causing the day shift supe to face a 20 hour work
day, hehehe. The reason I mention this is that when the race ended and the
Nascar Air Force launched, the ARTCC faced an ATC Armeggedon with the crush
of extra departures and not enough controllers to work the load safely. We
couldn't even open a (seventh) sector that is required to be open for the
procedures to work as planned, and it was quite literally uncontrolled chaos
on our side of the mic between 1430 and 1630 local out there north of the
Atlanta Class B. Did you notice?

Chip, ZTL



I (barely, after a 15 minute wait on the ground) got on an IFR plan at 4:30
local, was turned over to 133.1 with a squawk code, then 133.1 snapped at me
to get back on 121.0, we explained our situation and were handed back to
121.0 anyway.
He took us to RYY for the ILS and wouldn't take us back after we went
missed.
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