US ATCOs caught on camera apparently sleeping, texting
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Done it thousands of times. Just because someone is "on duty" doesn't mean they're actually working. Three major places I worked required 24 hr ATC cover but from midnight to 5am there was little or no traffic so I and my colleagues would sit at the desk having a snooze, reading a book..... maybe play games (Formula 1 was favourite at one unit). What do you expect... controllers to sit staring at radar tubes all night?
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BRS/STU was once an ideal place to go for a little doze. I thought that was why some folk went down there...either that or FIR North...
Fox News wouldn't be too enamoured to learn of ATCOs selling honey or cheesecloth shirts then...
Fox News wouldn't be too enamoured to learn of ATCOs selling honey or cheesecloth shirts then...
fox news....
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When I worked at LATCC and LHR we had beds, it's a shame that the poor guys in the USA have to sleep in their chairs, how uncomfortable. I remember one guy at LATCC used to get into a sleeping bag whilst on the console. It was the middle of the night though and no traffic only the cleaners kept him awake.
"There was a chap at LATCC who used to vector the planes around his book 'cos the flat top radars made an ideal book rest. T'was a long time ago on Brs/Stu."
When we all (a lot of us) wore shirts and ties for work; I've seen people vector around their tie as it was lying across the radar
"There was a chap at LATCC who used to vector the planes around his book 'cos the flat top radars made an ideal book rest. T'was a long time ago on Brs/Stu."
When we all (a lot of us) wore shirts and ties for work; I've seen people vector around their tie as it was lying across the radar
Beds at LATCC
Too damned comfortable, someone forgot to call me off a long-sleep and I awoke in full daylight then walked into the ops room to a sea of strange faces, sorry "A" watch!
