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Jfk? >> this is what you get, guys, when the kids are out of cool. >> i wish i could bring my kid to work. >> jetblue 171, contact departure. >> over to departure jetblue 171. awesome job. >> it's very unsafe and i just can't believe that something like that was allowed to happen, how it even occurred. >> if i was flying and i heard a child's voice on the radio, i'd have to question any commands they might have given me. >> reporter: the faa suspended both the jfk controller and a supervisor and called the tower distractions, quote, totally unacceptable and added this lapse in judgment not onl...

Young son to give directions to planes. that apparently happened last month. from what we're learning it was not an isolated incident. susan candiotti has been covering the story. >> campbell, this is one of the things that makes you say, come on, but in fact, the faa says in fact a jfk controller brought his son into work one day and the next day according to a source brought in his daughter to give directions from the control tower to planes, this while passengers on these planes, of course, were absolutely clueless, but you have to hear it for yourself. here it is. >> gentlemen blue 171, cl...

In teterboro, new jersey, moments before the collision over the hudson river, a controller was making a personal call and a supervisor had left the building. they were both put on leave. in 1994 in russia, 75 people were killed when a pilot allowed his teenaged son to take over the controls and he accidentally turned off the autopilot. now, passengers are left to wonder about this. >> mx 403 -- >> i can't believe something like that was allowed to happen. how it occurred? >> if i was flying and i heard a child's voice on the radio, i have to question any commands they would have given me. >> a...