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Comair 5191

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and proceeded to the correct airplane. The LEX air traffic control tower (ATCT) was staffed with one controller at the time of the accident airplane's preflight activities, taxi, and attempted takeoff. The controller was responsible for all tower and radar
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Comair 5191

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controllers), and five controllers on duty during the swing shifts. The midnight shift had been staffed with one controller. On November 16, 2005, the LEX air traffic manager notified LEX ATC personnel by e-mail that, according to verbal guidance from
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Comair 5191

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Factual Information AIRCRAFT Accident Report In April 2006, the midnight shift was again staffed with one controller because traffic had increased during the day and swing shifts and the second midnight controller was needed on those shifts, according to the
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Comair 5191

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2,563, or 11.1 percent of the 23,002 total midnight shifts at the 62 facilities were staffed with one controller between August 28, 2005, and September 2, 2006. The report noted that the number of noncompliant facilities was higher at the
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Comair 5191

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clearance delivery position recorded the tower traffic count. When the midnight shift was staffed with one controller, that controller performed a combined radar and tower traffic count. 202 As a result, the controller must have expected that he would have
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Comair 5191

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0800) was frequently not in compliance with this guidance. The midnight shift at LEX was staffed with one controller until January 2006. Between January and March 2006, the midnight shift was staffed with two controllers 40 percent of the time.
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