Alone on position??
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Joined: May 2001
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From: Frankfurt, Germany
Alone on position??
Hi folks!
As we are constantly short of staff I would like to know if there are any other ACCs where control sectors are manned by a single person?
So far we have mostly prevented working alone, but I don`t know for how long our supervisors can explain that to the DFS-management.
As we are constantly short of staff I would like to know if there are any other ACCs where control sectors are manned by a single person?
So far we have mostly prevented working alone, but I don`t know for how long our supervisors can explain that to the DFS-management.
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From: ATC
Although not area, my mates who worked at Luton tell me that whenever a radar controller went sick for a night duty, the sole remaining had to work all night from 22-07, not a break in sight. Hardly a quiet airport at night!
Too many commercial pressures to allow 2 hours on - 30 min off!
Too many commercial pressures to allow 2 hours on - 30 min off!
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From: Oz
When working in Tvl ACC at night, we had a speaker in the WC so we could hear if someone called while we were on a comfort stop. Better now in the Tower, can transfer the A/G to a handset in the comfort area for when nature calls. 
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From: Sunny Scotland
Mcfly, at Scottish we put the sectors together (traffic permitting) late evening/ overnight and one person does the high level position and one does the low level position on the other side of the ops room.
