In any case, there was 49 deaths with some quasi-VIP people
on board. The FAA will be paying out millions. ALL a lawyer
needs is one hook. The FAA violated their own orders. There
is your hook. Why was the controller staffing short?

Actually the gov't isn't required to accept the suite. You need
permission from the gov't to sue it for damages.

In any case, I don't think this was very odd. I've been in lots of
towers where only one person was on duty. Now the FAA said that the two
controller rule only applies when the controllers are ALSO working
approach. I know that in MRY its very common for delivery, ground,
tower, and approach to be worked by one controller. I can't swear that
there isn't another person in the tower but I've never heard two voices
at night.

-Robert