JFK Control Tower - let the little kid direct traffic for a while day
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/traffic/t...tower-20100302
Yeah, imagine if you were listening on Channel 9 when this was going on
Boy Talks to Pilots from JFK Airport Tower
By MYFOX BOSTON
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.
Last edited by Cholula; Mar 3, 2010 at 6:10 am
Reason: Corrected broken link