NEW YORK (AP) - An air traffic controller at New York's Kennedy
Airport is in hot water after he allowed his young son to radio
instructions to several pilots.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it has placed the
controller and a supervisor on administrative leave as it
investigates. FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt called the episode a
"lapse in judgment."
The agency says it has also suspended all unofficial visits to
FAA air traffic facilities while it reviews its policies.
The few quick exchanges between the elementary-school-aged child
and jets waiting to take off from JFK became public after they were
recorded and posted on the Internet. On the recordings, the child
appears to be repeating simple instructions given by his father.
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