Originally Posted by
rickair7777
OK so she was set up a little bit. But hold all taxis and departures. Manage arrivals by holding if possible or long vectors.
And where was her backup? I know they don't do solo shifts, how long does it take to get somebody from the break room?
20 seconds maybe? No doubt the other person would have taken over coordination. There's a long checklist of people and facilities to notify and he certainly would have been going through that. The controller here didn't sound overwhelmed and said "we" at one point so I'm pretty sure that's what was happening.