Kids in the airport control tower

I used to have a private pilot’s license and a Cessna airplane I flew.

The news story today about kids in the JFK control tower really caught my interest.

On separate occasions one young kid was allowed to clear a plane to take off at JFK. He is recorded talking to the pilot, “Jet Blue 171, cleared for takeoff.” The child was reported a boy seven or eight years old.

In the second incident it was a young girl speaking to an Air Mexico pilot, telling him “Adios amigos.” The girl also spoke to pilots of a JetBlue flight and an American Airlines pilot.

The FAA suspended the controller and his supervisor, as they should.

Letting your kids to “come to the office” with daddy is a good thing, in most cases. But not when your office is a control tower at an international airport.

Kennedy handles more than 1,000 flights a day and 48 million passengers a year. [Telegraph]

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About Featheriver

Born and raised in Oklahoma. Improved in California. Out to pasture in Nevada. Born in 1933, Korean War Vet in USAF. Occupation: Criminal Law and Torts. Retired California Lawyer. Now live in Pahrump, Nye County, Nevada.
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