Child directs airplanes over radio transmissions at JFK airport
Mar 3, 2010, 11:11 pm
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It's tough to gauge how the uninformed overreaction on this incident will make it down to the operational level, but I'll go out on a limb and say that public visits to ATC facilities will go on, with the explicit exception of open mike night.
Mar 4, 2010, 6:23 am
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While am the first to scream blue bloody murder I too am split on this one because I do know just how much visits like this mean to kids and how it can influence their choice of job far in the future.
Before going overboard in this case I would check if this child was indeed supervised appropreately then I see no problem with it. I mean I flew many times as a kid and the visit to the cockpit was the highlight of every flight. Sure I was never put in the pilot seat and allowed to fly but I could ask all the questions I wanted.
Before going overboard in this case I would check if this child was indeed supervised appropreately then I see no problem with it. I mean I flew many times as a kid and the visit to the cockpit was the highlight of every flight. Sure I was never put in the pilot seat and allowed to fly but I could ask all the questions I wanted.
Mar 4, 2010, 3:32 pm
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The aviation industry has much bigger things to worry about, doesn't it?
Mar 5, 2010, 9:05 am
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CNN: Memo blasts air traffic controller and supervisor over 'kids' incident
In the associated video, a former NTSB Managing Director criticizes the controller, while a CNN legal analyst espouses my personal view that this is all blown completely out of proportion, noting that the controller was on the headset the whole time, actually controlling traffic, and just telling his son what to say. The former NTSB MD tries to raise the issue of the Aeroflot crash where the pilot let his son sit in the pilot seat, and both the analyst and Campbell Brown call him out for making an unfair comparison.
"Unauthorized and unprofessional" is how an internal memo describes the conduct of an air traffic controller, who allegedly allowed his two young children to speak with pilots on an air traffic control frequency, and his supervisor, who allegedly allowed it to happen.
The memo, dated February 25, was written after the facilities manager for the air traffic control tower at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport learned about the incident, a source familiar with the investigation told CNN.
The memo, dated February 25, was written after the facilities manager for the air traffic control tower at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport learned about the incident, a source familiar with the investigation told CNN.