Months before the Comair jet crash that killed
49 people, air traffic controllers at the Lexington airport wrote to
federal officials complaining about a hostile working environment in
the tower and short-staffing on the overnight shift, according to letters
obtained by The Associated Press.
In identical letters sent April 4 to
Kentucky's senators, Republicans Mitch McConnell and Jim Bunning, a control
tower worker said the overnight shift, or "mid," is staffed with two people "only
when convenient to management."
The Federal Aviation Administration's
guidelines called for two people to be there the morning of the Aug.
27 crash, but only one was present.
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