JFK Controller Letting His Kids Direct Flights Makes Us Wonder If THIS Is Next ....Most of us have had an experience with Take Your Son/Daughter to Work Day. My Dad worked at Belmont Park, so I got to see the horses, and once, I got to ride in the saddle - for about 2 minutes.... However, there are some jobs that you're kid just shouldn't get to try out......
Tell that to Glenn Duffy at JFK Airport. Duffy, who is an Air Traffic Controller, decided to bring his two kids to work with him during the President's Day break, and um..... let his kids take a bit more control than they should. The first day, his son gave instruction to JetBlue flight 171, then - since the one kid got to do it - he let his daughter give takeoff instructions to AirMex Flight 403. Even the pilots knew something was up, because one commented, "I wish I could take my kid to work", "Awesome Job", and another said "Adios" twice to the girl's 'Adios Amigos'.... If it weren't for a Boston TV station somehow getting the tape, no one would know...
Needless to say, Dad is on paid leave right now, and the kids are back at class. Our first thought is it's another example of parents not being able to tell their kids 'No' anymore, but at least he did teach them the proper commands, like 'Cleared for Takeoff', and 'Contact Departure'...... Either way, two things are clear now: 1) Air Traffic Controlling IS easy, and 2) Ronald Reagan had the right idea......
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4 comments:
according to a guy at the unemployment office Monday, airline pilots are just glorified bus drivers.
This "story" is a waste of the media's time. They need to get back to "reporting" how reconciliation is bad and completely inappropriate or the GOP is going to have to start blasting them for being liberal again.
we just talked about this
Little difference from most of DC's micromanagement by incompetents, though in this case far less damage was done, beyond the chagrin of a slow news day.
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