Last month (FEBRUARY) during a winter break in the NYC school system, a child was heard clearing planes for takeoff from the control tower at JFK. The five taped transmissions were posted on a Web site for air traffic control listening buffs. Within the audio clips a boy can be heard saying in one exchange, "JetBlue 171 contact departure." The undaunted pilot responded, "Over to departure JetBlue 171, awesome job." The pilot said: “awesome job” ? Hmmmm …. I going to hazard a guess and say this is NOT the first time a child has been at the helm of a control tower. Follow me here ….. The fourth Thursday in April is National “Bring Your Daughter/Son to Work Day”. How many children are in control towers on THAT day I wonder? I don’t think this is the first time this has happen. I believe it to be the first time anyone raised an alarm.
The Federal Aviation Administration ….. covering their butts ….. stated they are investigating.
OH ... ahhhh … Candice, by the way, wasn’t that flight I booked for you on a JetBlue from JKF?
Yep, Wes and I are flying out of JFK. I'm not worried. It was probably just a midget.
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