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I hope the FAA has a very fat wallet
Two-Controller Policy
The FAA in November 2005 clarified that at least two controllers are required in towers that use radar to direct planes at and near airports. Planes that violated separation standards in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina prompted the FAA staffing change, said Laura Brown, an agency spokeswoman. FAA officials learned after the accident that the policy hadn't been followed in Lexington and ``directed the facility manager to ensure that a minimum of two controllers are on duty at all times,'' Brown said in an interview. Lexington has a radar room in the same tower from which controllers can look out windows to direct traffic on the ground. FAA workers there can monitor the radar from the radar room or from the top of the tower. The controller on the overnight shift the morning of the Comair crash was doing both of those functions. Weekend traffic levels at Lexington average about six aircraft per night between midnight and 6 a.m., Brown said. " |
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