Too many vistors in tower cabin attendant.

Attributes
ACN	145887
Time
Date	199005
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : alo
State Reference	IA
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Experience	controller non radar : 2 controller radar : 1
ASRS Report	145887
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On 5/90, the waterloo airport had a fly-in breakfast. The ATCT had an open house. During this open house as many as 30 people were in the tower cabin attendant at one time with just the 2 controllers working position and explaining the operation. Working the active traffic was impeded by the people the controllers had to look around.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TOO MANY VISTORS IN TWR CAB.

Narrative: ON 5/90, THE WATERLOO ARPT HAD A FLY-IN BREAKFAST. THE ATCT HAD AN OPEN HOUSE. DURING THIS OPEN HOUSE AS MANY AS 30 PEOPLE WERE IN THE TWR CAB AT ONE TIME WITH JUST THE 2 CTLRS WORKING POS AND EXPLAINING THE OPERATION. WORKING THE ACTIVE TFC WAS IMPEDED BY THE PEOPLE THE CTLRS HAD TO LOOK AROUND.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.