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air mex 403, contact departu departure, adios. contact departure, adios. adios, amigos. reporter: jfk handles 1,100 flights and 3,500 passengers each day. today the transportation secretary called the incident outrageous. this, in my opinion, is just a lack of common sense and a total disregard for the safety of the people on the airplane. reporter: at jfk today, mixed 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 don t always do what you tell them to do. reporter: while a 20-year veteran pilot wasn t concerned. nothing happened to the planes that took off and i don t see a problem with that at all. reporter: then late today, word the controller s 8-year-old daughter was in the tower the very next night. jetblue 57, contact new york departure. jetblue 57, thank you. good day. ....
Apparently, was directing air traffic. it happened two weeks ago at the nation s sixth busiest airport. as you ll hear, the child who is believed to be under adult supervision, makes at least five radio transmissions to pilots awaiting takeoff. this is 171 cleared for takeoff. cleared for takeoff. this is what you get, guys, when the kids are out of school. wish i could bring my kid to work. 171 contact departure. 171. off the job. clear for takeoff. thank you very much. you have a great day. amax 403, contact departure, adios. contact departure, adios. adios, amigo. aithe pilots didn t seem to mind. apparently they were warned ....
jet blue 171 contact departure. over to departure, jet blue 171, awesome job. zero three, cleared for takeoff. 403 cleared for take off. thank you very much. you have a great day. position hold. jet blue 195. mx 403 contact departure and hold. contact departure, adios. jet blue 195. cleared for takeoff. adios, amigos. adios, amigos, over to departure, jet blue 195. this same source says professionally this is not the kind of thing that is supposed to happen. ....
this what you get guys when your kids are out of school. wish i could bring my kid to work. jet blue 171 contact departure. over to departure, jet blue 171, awesome job. 03 cleared for takeoff. 403 cleared for takeoff, thank you very much, have a great day. jet blue 195, kennedy tower, 31 left position hold. 31-left position hold, jet blue 195. susan candiotti, this is generating interest. well, wolf, since we have been learing about this this morning, cnn has learned tonight that this happened not once but twice, the same veteran air traffic controller according to the faa brought his son to the tower one evening and another child the very next day, and that youngster was allowed to radio two more planes. reporter: a child directing planes at new york s jfk airport. ....
Work. departure, jetblue 171, awesome job. 0-3 clear for takeoff. air mention 403, contact departure. adios. contact departure, air mexico. contact departure, adios amigos. that s what happens on a snow day. at some point, can air travel get worse? like, is he going to screw it up? no. i think he was doing a very good job, don t you? g giving very clear directions. pilots laughing. thought it was cute. but the faa didn t think it was too cute. both the controller and supervisor have been suspended as the investigation continues. i have a feeling they will be in really big trouble and they didn t use the best judgment. but i don t know. i m just going to be quiet, ....