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Old 18th Feb 2017, 14:11
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No, Danny42C ... after our maximum 2 hours on console we headed to the Crewroom, where the Tea Bar operator provided the essentials. One crewroom for Controllers, and the other side for the Assistants. Of course, if you were on a Centralised Approach Control (CAC) console, you could take a break if there were no planned Recoveries/Departures ... leaving your Assistant to monitor the landlines and r/t.

All this was managed by the Allocator, up on the bridge, who allocated general traffic to consoles and kept track of who needed a break (the SNCO i/c watch managed the Assistants breaks ... Control Assistant, Tracker, Height Finder, Tote). It was deemed rather improper if a CAC controller had to be summoned from the Crewroom via the loadspeaker having forgotten an ETA/ETD

With 14 control positions to manage, and taking calls from adjacent Units for handover to the appropriate controller, Allocator could be a busy position ... with nearly all the work done on landlines. Oh, it was satisfying ... and fun! Sorry you missed out
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