A kid in control tower in JFK

You have got to be kidding me.

The hundreds of billions we spend on safeguarding airline passsengers... and you are even halfway condoning this?

Its obscene. And reflects a cavalier attitude about airline safety.

Mom or dad - and his/her boss, should have their ass fired today.

 

The kid got fired? I thought he had a bright future in aviation.

 

Wasn't the plane the kid was talking to on the ground?

 

Here is the audio if anyone wants to hear it.

http://www.gadling.com/2010/03/03/child-jfk-air-traffic-control-tower-faa-not-amused/

I don't see the big deal on this and it sounded like the pilot knew what was going on. Some of the conversations that take place with ATC while formal, have some joking in them as the pilots and some ATC get to know each other over the years. Certain cities have controllers who have good/bad reps within the pilot community.

On another note there was an article in GQ recently about ATC in New York that was pretty insightful, the gist being the guys like what they are doing but hate who they are doing it for.

 

Friday is take you kids to work day at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Coincidently, Friday is Duck and Cover Day

 

Hell, it was an adult voice on there that messed something up and said "Sorry." Kid didn't enunciate well, which would be the biggest concern.

 

This isn't going to end well, is it? ...









I couldn't find a picture of him jumping out of the control tower window, so I'll post this instead ...

 

And he died?

No, andy hung tough. Louie died.

Over Macho Grande?

No. I don't think I'll ever get over Macho Grande.

 

I wonder if the dad will have to go to a Turkish prison.

 

They should have had Barbara Billingsley there. She speaks jive.

 

Reporter: What kind of plane is it?
Johnny: Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big Tylenol.

Steve McCroskey: Johnny, what can you make out of this?
[Hands him the weather briefing]
Johnny: This? Why, I can make a hat or a brooch or a pterodactyl...

The kid shouldn't have been up there. Period. Father should be fired, flogged, put in the stocks, forced to watch three days worth of Obama speeches with his eyes taped open and generally lampooned as a inhuman bastard with no concern for the flying public.

Even if the "Adios Amigos" bit is hilarious.