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		It may be acceptable to bring your child to work, but you shouldn't let your child actually perform your job. Especially if you're an air traffic controller (reuters.com)		186
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FishyFred		2010-03-03 02:16:31 PM

That kid should have been around when Reagan fired all of the air traffic controllers. They could have put him straight to work.

jehovahs witness protection		2010-03-03 02:42:27 PM

Do you like gladiator movies?

ejwsod36		2010-03-03 02:57:18 PM

I submitted this with an equally amusing headline.

noneyourbase		2010-03-03 02:57:25 PM

Is this the tape?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4s2irdJpEk

farm machine		2010-03-03 02:57:40 PM

Roger, Ebert.

Bunnyhat		2010-03-03 02:57:44 PM

Not sure what all the fuss is about.

No, he shouldn't have let his kid do that, but it's not like he set him up there and went on an early lunch break.

He was standing right there feeding the kid what to say, if any emergency popped up he could have jumped right in.

Farkwaddle		2010-03-03 02:57:54 PM

Ohhh...let me go get some popcorn and beer. This thread has potential to be epic with Airplane references.

/loves me some Airplane threads

INeedAName		2010-03-03 02:58:05 PM

FTA: The pilots receiving instructions from the child did not appear too concerned with one pilot saying "awesome job."

Commas people, use them!

bump		2010-03-03 02:58:15 PM

I say, 'Let 'em crash!'

bump		2010-03-03 02:59:06 PM

"Supple pouting breasts, firm thighs... it's a shame you two don't get along..."

TheCableGuy		2010-03-03 02:59:37 PM

I picked the wrong day to quit elementary school.

Bob_Laublaw		2010-03-03 02:59:44 PM

Bunnyhat: No, he shouldn't have let his kid do that, but it's not like he set him up there and went on an early lunch break.

He was standing right there feeding the kid what to say, if any emergency popped up he could have jumped right in.

Yeah, but where's the sensationalism in that?

bump		2010-03-03 02:59:46 PM

"Okay boys, let's take some pictures..."

SonOfSpam		2010-03-03 02:59:52 PM

Roger.

Huh?

siromega		2010-03-03 03:00:16 PM

Bunnyhat: Not sure what all the fuss is about.

No, he shouldn't have let his kid do that, but it's not like he set him up there and went on an early lunch break.

He was standing right there feeding the kid what to say, if any emergency popped up he could have jumped right in.

This.

I've listened to enough LiveATC.Net to know the lingo. If someone was telling me what to do I could have done the same thing as the kid...

Snarcoleptic_Hoosier		2010-03-03 03:00:18 PM

Surely they can't be serious about that!

SniperJoe		2010-03-03 03:00:55 PM

I heard the tape earlier today and frankly, I think this is all much ado about nothing. It's pretty obvious that the pilots are ok with it (and getting a kick out of it to boot) and that the kid's parent is sitting right next to him feeding him instructions. Besides, all the kid is doing was clearing takeoffs, not giving altitudes and vectors for air traffic.

indinoheat		2010-03-03 03:00:59 PM

I wouldn't like it either if a child was coordinating the flight that I was on but he was obviously just reading off something or being told what to say by his dad or something. The news clips this morning made the kid seem like this was the case.

skankboy		2010-03-03 03:01:25 PM

My link had audio... Thanks for not approving it mods!

Link (new window)

bump		2010-03-03 03:01:35 PM

"Yoooooooou'll be SWELL you'll be GREAT gonna have the whole world on a plate,
startin' here startin now honey everythings commmming uuup rooossssessssssss...."

WooItsPat		2010-03-03 03:01:51 PM

yeah, but could he speak Jive?

Ecobuckeye		2010-03-03 03:02:21 PM

This is a "Lighten up, Francis" moment if ever I saw one.

mikesup		2010-03-03 03:02:22 PM

I also don't see why it's a major fuss, at no point was there any danger. The pilots are the ones ultimately responsible and if they weren't comfortable taking off, they don't have to. Now, if the pilots put their kid on the controls of the aircraft then we could have an issue, but just saying "Cleared for Takeoff" or "Switch to Departure" isn't really creating an unsafe enviroment.

/Pilot

bump		2010-03-03 03:02:58 PM

"My orders came through. My squadron ships out tomorrow. We're bombing the storage depots at Daiquiri at 1800 hours. We're coming in from the north, below their radar"

jtips		2010-03-03 03:03:02 PM

bugmn99		2010-03-03 03:03:10 PM

Were the pilots over JFK?

Helena Handbasket		2010-03-03 03:03:17 PM

skankboy: My link had audio... Thanks for not approving it mods!

Link (new window)

Don't you know...if you're not a subscriber it's an automatic red light. It's all about the money here.

PYROY		2010-03-03 03:03:50 PM

How hard can it be?

"OK, you in the air, go ahead and land....OK, next guy, go ahead and take off."

Easy.

bump		2010-03-03 03:04:09 PM

" And Leon is getting laaaaarrrrrger. "

sprint99		2010-03-03 03:04:10 PM

Snarcoleptic_Hoosier: Surely they can't be serious about that!

Oh Yes they can be. And stop calling me Shirley.

SonOfSpam		2010-03-03 03:04:12 PM

Here, I'll save us all some time.

Nattering Nabob		2010-03-03 03:04:25 PM

I'm willing to let the Obama girls take over for "Take your child to work day". What could they hurt, really?

SonOfSpam		2010-03-03 03:05:11 PM

Ecobuckeye: This is a "Lighten up, Francis" moment if ever I saw one.

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Speedofdarkness		2010-03-03 03:05:31 PM

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit eating crayons.

KangTheMad		2010-03-03 03:05:37 PM

"This behavior is not acceptable and does not demonstrate the kind of professionalism expected from all FAA employees,"

Yes, god forbid the air traffic controller directly supervises the kid like a responsible parent on bring-your-child-to-work day, and doesn't let the kid play around with buttons and levers.

From what the article said, none of the pilots cared, they liked it, and the kid seemed to do a good job, no planes landed on the same runway at the same time.

bingethinker		2010-03-03 03:05:51 PM

Today's show is brought to you by runway 22 East and the letter V.

bump		2010-03-03 03:06:09 PM

"The hell I don't. LISTEN KID. I've been hearing that crap ever since I was at UCLA. I'm out there busting my buns every night. Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes."

Daobaz		2010-03-03 03:06:47 PM

The FAA now lists children as prime terrorist suspects.

Ihaveanevilparrot		2010-03-03 03:07:22 PM

Meh. Pretty stupid thing to do considering how seriously the FAA takes stuff, but didn't sound like anyone was in danger. The person was just telling their kid what to say to the pilots.

bump		2010-03-03 03:09:21 PM

/afk reading Famous Jewish Sports Legends leaflet

atomic-age		2010-03-03 03:09:43 PM

All the unemployed folks will never be rehired. They will just be replaced with a bunch of kids.

bump		2010-03-03 03:10:42 PM

"Do you know what it's like to fall in the mud and get kicked... in the head... with an iron boot? Of course you don't, no one does. It never happens. Sorry, Ted, that's a dumb question... skip that"

jtips		2010-03-03 03:10:50 PM

..Adios!

Somacandra		2010-03-03 03:11:20 PM

Kid, listen and you listen close: flying a plane is no different than riding a bicycle, just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes.

/thread needs envotination

LewDux		2010-03-03 03:11:25 PM

Shhhhht
Shhhhht

Child controller was in Airplane II

Shhhhht
Shhhhht

vinnydoz007		2010-03-03 03:11:56 PM

This whole thing is weird. On one level, jesus christ, this shiat is too important to mess around with. But on the other hand, it sounds like a dad just hanging with his son at work and letting him get involved. In my eyes, its nothing criminal, but i suppose its dangerous. I just think its funny the pilots said awesome job.

Mainrodax		2010-03-03 03:12:22 PM

Nattering Nabob: I'm willing to let the Obama girls take over for "Take your child to work day". What could they hurt, really?

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LET A MUSLIN SOCIALEST TAKE OVER, THE CHILDREN'S TALIBAN ARE CONTROLLING OUR PLANES.

ga362		2010-03-03 03:12:29 PM

What if the kid's dad would have been a gynocologist and he was spending the day helping dad out?

Farkwaddle		2010-03-03 03:12:30 PM

Nick Falzone: [to Russell Bell] I'm personally going to see to it that you go down in flames!
Airplane Pilot: What?
Nick Falzone: Negative, United. That was not to you. Not to you!