Go around, NOW!!

11:00am Sunday morning

"Newps" wrote in message
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Jim Burns wrote:



I've been wondering about the "second" controller. It's always been my
understanding that there is supposed to be 2 on duty, every controll
tower
I've ever visited always had at least 2.

The number depends on how much traffic can be expected at a given time
of day and how many people are on duty. There's nothing worse for a
tower manager and his supervisors than to have something happen and the
investigation reveals controllers on the couch.


Although at that particular time,
he only had 2 aircraft in the air, he was also talking to me and the
fellow
behind me on the ground, a guy on clearance delivery, and a helicopter
inbound. I never heard the "second" controllers voice. Maybe #2 was
taking
a #2?

What time of day?

Jim Burns wrote:

11:00am Sunday morning

There would have been at least 4 controllers on duty, possibly more.
Would have been a bad deal for the manager.

Speaking of controllers on duty, I learned during a recent tower visit that
there is only one controller on duty during the overnight at my local Class
C tower. Who handles tower duties when the controller has to do a "number
two"?

"Newps" wrote in message
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Jim Burns wrote:

11:00am Sunday morning

There would have been at least 4 controllers on duty, possibly more. Would
have been a bad deal for the manager.

"Brad Zeigler" wrote in message
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Speaking of controllers on duty, I learned during a recent tower visit
that
there is only one controller on duty during the overnight at my local
Class
C tower. Who handles tower duties when the controller has to do a "number
two"?

Approach? Or maybe they keep a handheld handy...

Colin W Kingsbury wrote:

"Brad Zeigler" wrote in message
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Speaking of controllers on duty, I learned during a recent tower visit

that

there is only one controller on duty during the overnight at my local

Class

C tower. Who handles tower duties when the controller has to do a "number
two"?


Approach?

Nope, there's one guy in the facility. Period.


Or maybe they keep a handheld handy...

Yeah, but they don't work too good from the ****ter.

Brad Zeigler wrote:
Speaking of controllers on duty, I learned during a recent tower visit that
there is only one controller on duty during the overnight at my local Class
C tower. Who handles tower duties when the controller has to do a "number
two"?

Nobody, you just go.