Originally Posted by
chevvron
Haven't they got a controller they can promote to the post or is the manager not required to have an ATCO licence?
I don't know chevron. I believe LBA is still short-staffed (I seem to talk to the same voices every time I'm on duty) so there may be reluctance to divert an operational ATCO or WM from the tower to the office. The most recent ATSM was an ATCO but he was purely office only.