Child clears airliners for take-off at JFK

A executive program and an transmit traffic accountant at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport are on administrative result subsequently great apparently took his young kid to exercise and the kid communicated with skims along an air traffic find frequency, the Federal Airmanship Organization read Wednesday.

The 2 tower employees were put on give undone the issue of an FAA probe into last month's incident that already is under way, the FAA said in a saved instruction.

"This lapse in judgement not alone violated FAA's take insurance policies, but common gumption monetary standards for pro conduct. These varieties of beguilements are whole unacceptable," FAA Executive Randy Babbitt same in the statement.

"We give an unbelievable team of masters who safely find our nation's pitches every exclusive 24-hour interval. This kind of behavior makes not reflect the true caliber of our workforce."

The way told in an earlier affirmation, "This behavior is not acceptable and serves not demonstrate the sort of professionalism asked from all FAA employees."

Nevertheless, Dave Pascoe, proprietor of liveatc.net, the Web land site where the entering of the air travel 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 showing 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 fry, "Awesome job."

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

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

The learn who got the shaver to work later reported that he had done so, the source read.

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

The recording was from a network of receivers, he read, 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 secondary, he very.

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

"It was same secondary where a kid was up in the hold tower," he identical. "If you know anything about Aviation, you know that the line traffic learn towers are highly supervised. JFK is highly supervised. It's not just one 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 minor to exercise and let the kid clear planes for takeoff and now the world thinks it's an unsafe place."

The FAA told all unofficial visits to transmit traffic check operational areas, such as towers and radar rooms, will be suspended during its probe into the omissible. Babbitt has directed a team to review line traffic control policies and procedures related to facility visitors.

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

"It is not indicative of the highest professional measures that controllers set for themselves and exceed each and every sidereal day in the advancement of Aviation safety," association spokesman Doug Church identical in the program line.

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 learn tower."

By visitors, he told he meant pilots and other pros on supervised visits.