Having one air traffic controller monitor two stations in the control tower when traffic slows down is “fairly routine,” Dan Elwell, former acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, told Newsmax on Thursday.

Reportedly, that occurred at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., before a Wednesday night midair collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter.

“I can’t really speak to controller staffing, because that varies,” Elwell said on “The Record With Greta Van Susteren.” “It varies year to year. It varies based on traffic levels.

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