Child directs planes in JFK air traffic tower: transcript

A supervisory program and an air traffic accountant at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport are on administrative along subsequently same apparently got his young youngster to exercise and the kid put across with airplanes on an air travel traffic check absolute frequency, the Federal Air Power Organisation same Wednesday.

The 2 tower employees were posted along pass on pending the issue of an FAA probe into recent month's incident that already is under way, the FAA told in a written affirmation.

"This lapse in assessment not simply broken FAA's hold policies, but common feel monetary standards for master conduct. These forms of misdirections are whole unacceptable," FAA Decision Maker Randy Babbitt told in the affirmation.

"We give an marvelous team of pros who safely control our nation's tosses every only twenty-four hours. This form of doings does not shine the true caliber of our workforce."

The office very in an earlier statement, "This conduct is not acceptable and makes not demonstrate the sort of professionalism due from all FAA employees."

Notwithstanding, Dave Pascoe, possessor of liveatc.net, the Net site where the registering of the transmit traffic communications is posted, told CNN he believes the attention the omissible has drawn is "ridiculous" and it has been "blown out of proportion."

In the transcription a kid 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 shaver, "Awesome job."

During the recording, which is dated February 17, the fry also speaks to an apparent air travel Mexico flight.

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

The hold who taken the shaver to function later reported that he had done so, the source read.

But Pascoe read most people "in the Aviation 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 situation in the tower is very controlled. There is no hint ... that anyone was too busy or anyone was interrupting the shaves. The kid cleared two airplanes. It was very controlled and I don't think safety was compromised, nor should anyone be disciplined for this," same Pascoe, who is also a pilot.

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

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

"It was same parenthetic where a kid was up in the find tower," he read. "If you know anything about Air Power, you know that the air traffic check towers are highly supervised. JFK is highly supervised. It's not just great accountant 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 fry to work and let the kid clear aeroplanes for takeoff and now the world thinks it's an unsafe place."

The FAA read all unofficial visits to air travel traffic check operational areas, such as towers and radar rooms, will be suspended during its investigating into the secondary. Babbitt has directed a squad to review line traffic learn insurances and procedures related to facility visitors.

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

"It is not indicative of the highest professed criteria that controllers set for themselves and exceed each and every sidereal day in the advancement of Air Travel safety," association spokesman Doug Church read in the instruction.

But "this is a ridiculous story," Pascoe said. "... 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 see tower."

By visitors, he same he meant pilots and other professionals on supervised visits.