Young controller at JFK

AlphaRomeo Junior Member

Boy Talks to Pilots from JFK Airport Tower

Updated: Wednesday, 03 Mar 2010, 6:03 AM EST
Published : Tuesday, 02 Mar 2010, 10:49 PM ESTMYFOXBOSTON
MYFOXNY.COM - The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating an air traffic controller who apparently let a child speak to pilots over the radio from the control tower at John F. Kennedy Airport.
The child made five transmissions, and the pilots actually enthusiastically responded to him. The child appeared to be supervised.
But aviation experts, including a retired Delta pilot, say that having a child on the radio is a bad idea because lives hang on every radio transmission.
In fact, only FAA-licensed controllers are supposed to communicate with airplanes.



Boy Talks to Pilots from JFK Airport Tower

boondr PHD without a degree North of the Equator

Saw this coming. Sad, because it was harmless, but it was stupid nonetheless.

GolfJuliet F*** Terrorism

Couldn't of said it better myself.

mtlatc Epic Member In a bus down by the river!

Your title is misleading, where does it say he/she was fired?

KDskylark Junior Member New York, NY

Yeah I only read that the person was suspended.

GolfJuliet F*** Terrorism

I didn't even read that.

boondr PHD without a degree North of the Equator

If it was me I am swearing I was making a kid's voice to make people laugh.

jarhead0863 Trusted Member Grand Forks, ND

Just read the same thing on Yahoo.

Tapes indicate child directed planes at NY airport - Yahoo! News

meatasaurusx Trusted Member Chi-town

except he made the mistake of saying on frequency that he had brought his kid to work and a pilot said they wished they could bring their kid on the job too. Otherwise it could be a possible argument to be made. It was harmless but I do understand how the general public would have cause for concern. I feel bad for the controller and his family

Cirrus12 Epic Member So. NH

I said this would happen when I first posted the audio clip. The instance by itself is not a big deal. The kid did good and was closely supervised. The controller even stepped in once or twice to put in a quick transmission. It's the fact that this was made public that is forcing the FAA to react like this. If that clip was never posted on the net then FAA Admin probably never would have even found out about it. But because it's out there they need to act like the kid was off in the cab by himself putting thousands of lives at risk.