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It even occurred. >> if i was flying and heard a child's voice on the radio, i would have to question any commands they might have given me. >> reporter: the faa suspended both the jfk controller and supervisor and called the tower distractions, quote, totally unacceptab unacceptable, and added this lapse in judgment not only violated faa's own policies but common sense standards of professional conduct. the air traffic controllers association chimed in and said, quote, we do not condone the behavior in any way. pilot web sites are buzzing about this. some pilots say it's no big deal, and othe...

Children in a tower to have a look at it, and it's a completely different story when you are putting them on the microphone with hundreds of passengers on these planes. >> reporter: the incident comes on the heels of other eyebrow raising events involving pilots and controllers in the last year. two pilots had their licenses revoked after shooting an airport by 150 miles. and in new jersey, moments before a midair collision over the hudson river, a controller was making a personal call and the supervisor left the building, and both were put on leave. now they are wondering what happened here. ...

>> it's very unsafe, and i just can't believe that something like that was allowed to happen. how it occurred. >> if i heard a child's voice, i would have questioned commands they would have given me. >> they called the tower distractions totally unacceptable and added this violation in judgment not only violated policies, but common sense standards for professional conduct. >> the controller and supervisor

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Was he thinking. an air-traffic control not only let his son direct flights, but then the next day he let his other child duty same thing. >> today that controller and his supervisor has been suspended with pay. >> reporter: children directing planes at new york's jfk airport? not once, but twice. the faa says a controller allowed his son in the control tower to talk directly to pilots and on the next day, his daughter, according to an informed source, had a chance to radio two more planes. >> this is just unbelievable. how dumb can you be?