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>> contact departure. adios amigo. >> adios ameeg yos. over to departure. jet blue195. >> reporter: websites are buzzing about this. some call this outrageous and others are saying its being blown out of proportion. regardless, for now the faa is putting on hold all unofficial tower visits until the faa sorts out its policies about this. fredricka. >> susan candiotti, appreciate that. of course we want to know what you at home think about this junior air traffic controller. go to cnn.com/fredric...

Feelings. passenger nitya hernandez said it was inexcusable for the child to be on the radio. >> he told the kid exactly what to say, but kids dont always do what you tell them to do. >> reporter: while a 20-year-old veteran pilot wasnt concerned. >> nothing happened to the planes that took off and i dont see a problem with that at all. >> reporter: then late today, word the controllers 8-year-old daughter was in the tower the very next night. >> jet blue 57, contact new york departure. >> jet b...

Unofficial tower visits following what experts call a fathers serious lapse in judgment. lawrence, back to you. >> tom costello, thank you. from one bad idea to another, sarah palin as stand-up comedian. it seems it was at least a good idea for the ratings face-off between leno and letterman. harry shearer joins us next. and the idea behind this -- the folks at funnyordie pull off a huge casting feat. what brought all the living presidential characters from "saturday night live" together. an...

Perception and certainly a bad pr issue for the faa. safety wasnt compromised. this has happened in the past. this happened at jfk. >> even if theyre saying here, george, that the pilots might be surprised by it or might not be able to understand a childs voice, especially if they speak another language first? >> that, of course, is the safety issue. in this case, the safety was not compromised. the kids were parroting and the father was standing close by. safety was not compromised, not an idea...

>> thats the next generation of air traffic controller going here. >> reporter: safety experts are not amused. >> i think this is one of the most egregious violations of federal rules and regulations i have ever seen. >> reporter: the faa has now suspended both the controller and supervisor on duty and the union says it cant condone or defend what happened. effective immediately, the faa has also suspended all unofficial tower visits following what experts call a fathers serious lapse in judgmen...