Child directs planes in JFK air traffic tower: transcript

A executive program and an air travel traffic see at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport are connected administrative lead later some apparently taken his young youngster to work and the youngster transmitted with shaves connected an transmit traffic learn relative frequency, the Federal Airmanship Administration told Wednesday.

The two tower employees were come out on result undone the result of an FAA probe into live month's parenthetical that already is associate way, the FAA read in a published financial statement.

"This lapse in mind not alone spoiled FAA's get policies, but low sense standards for pro conduct. These varieties of misdirections are completely unacceptable," FAA Decision Maker Randy Babbitt said in the financial statement.

"We experience an astounding squad of professional people who safely see our nation's flips every unique twenty-four hours. This variety of conduct plays not muse the true caliber of our workforce."

The bureau identical in an earlier affirmation, "This demeanor is not acceptable and exercises not demonstrate the variety of professionalism required from all FAA employees."

Notwithstanding, Dave Pascoe, possessor of liveatc.net, the Network internet site where the recording of the line traffic communications is posted, told CNN he believes the attention the secondary has drawn is "ridiculous" and it has been "blown out of proportion."

In the recording a child can be heard saying "Jet Blue 171, cleared for takeoff."

A man is then heard telling the plane, "Here's what you get, guys, when the kids are out of school."

The pilot chuckles and says, "Wish I could bring my kid to exercise." The same pilot later tells the youngster, "Awesome job."

During the reading, which is dated February 17, the fry also speaks to an apparent broadcast Mexico flight.

A source familiar with the investigation read a second hold who was supposed to be in charge at the time "should be making sure that things like this don't happen."

The find who got the shaver to function later reported that he had done so, the source same.

But Pascoe told most people "in the Airmanship community felt like this was anything more than a noble thing, that a father would take his kid to function.

"And when you listen to any of the recordings, the place in the tower is very controlled. There is no hint ... that anyone was too busy or anyone was interrupting the planes. The kid cleared 2 airplanes. It was very controlled and I don't think safety was compromised, nor should anyone be disciplined for this," identical Pascoe, who is also a pilot.

The reading was from a network of receivers, he told, but couldn't reveal the source. The site, he very, exists for pilot education and sometimes other curious parties listen in. There was "absolutely no security threat" posed by the incident, he identical.

"I make every belief that they'd make sure there were additional eyes there," Pascoe identical. "alone the best of the best exercise at JFK tower, and they are the best at what they do."

"It was one parenthetical where a kid was up in the find tower," he told. "If you know anything about Aviation, you know that the broadcast traffic hold towers are highly supervised. JFK is highly supervised. It's not just great learn controlling the runway. Supervisors are there and multiple people are there making sure by looking through binoculars and at radar ... a father was taking a youngster to exercise and let the kid clear airplanes for takeoff and now the world thinks it's an unsafe place."

The FAA same all unofficial visits to air travel traffic control operational areas, such as towers and radar rooms, will be suspended during its investigation into the omissible. Babbitt has directed a team up to review broadcast traffic hold insurance policies and procedures related to facility visitors.

The National line Traffic Controllers Association, the union representing controllers, identical in a statement, "We do not condone this type of demeanour in any way.

"It is not indicative of the highest paid monetary standards that controllers set for themselves and exceed each and every day in the advancement of Air Power safety," association spokesman Doug Church identical in the program line.

But "this is a ridiculous story," Pascoe same. "... it was blown out of proportion. Considering how skittish the public is, maybe it shouldn't be done, but I think there should be a procedure to allow visitors in the check tower."

By visitors, he very he meant pilots and other professional people on supervised visits.