FACILITY MGMNT POLICY MANNING.

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SINGLE CTLR WORKING MIDSHIFT; THIRD WEEK IN SUCCESSION. TEAM MATE SICK. NO REPLACEMENT/SUBSTITUTION AND NO OVERTIME CALLED. ALL TWR FUNCTIONS COMBINED. ALL OPS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ON 1 CTLR. NOISE ABATEMENT PROCS IN EFFECT. NUMEROUS JET ACFT PARK ON THE E SIDE OF THE ARPT AND SHALL TAXI TO/FROM RWY 132/31L; THE W PARALLEL RWY. RWY 13L/31R CLOSED FOR RESURFACING. TAXI RTES ARE RESTR -- ONLY 2 RTES OPEN. MEN AND EQUIP WORKING ON 31L/31R. REPEATED CAUTIONARY ADVISORIES TO TAXIING ACFT OF VEHICLES THROUGH OR NEAR THE AVAILABLE TAXI RTE. ALSO; REPEATED CALLS FOR MAINT/CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES XING RWY 18/36 WHICH INTERSECTS 13L/31R AND 13R/31L. HELI AND PROP OVERFLT ACFT. TWR AND GND CTL TFC. CLRNC DELIVERY FUNCTIONS. MANUAL HDOFS TO DFW DEP; DUE ARTS OTS. FDIO OTS; SO MANUAL STRIP WRITING OF INBOUND ACFT. NUMEROUS CALLS TO ARTCC TO GET CLRNCS. SIGHTSEEING FLTS. HRLY WX RECEIPT AND NEW ATIS CUTS. RWY INSPECTIONS BY ARPT VEHICLES. LOTS OF TFC AND TOO MANY DISTRS! TFC COUNT. LOGS; ETC. RADAR/TWR/GND/CLRNC/DATA -- ALL TOGETHER. 60 OPS TOTAL FROM XA00-XB00 AM DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH UNLESS ALL OF THIS IS FACTORED IN. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED FACILITY MGMNT KNEW THE CTLR ASSIGNED TO THE MIDSHIFT WAS GOING TO BE OUT SICK FOR 3 WKS DUE TO INJURY. RECOMMENDED MIDSHIFT STAFFING IS 2 CTLRS. MGMNT MADE TO ATTEMPT TO STAFF THE MIDSHIFT WITH A REPLACEMENT CTLR.