Good Thing It Wasn't Take Your Pet To Work Day.

Mellison

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?se...rre&id=7308043

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rselectric1

That's cute and sweet and all, but a bit unprofessional on the part of that controller.

The co-op I am working with on a current industrial job let his 5 year old go for a ride (straight up and down) on a 30' scissors lift yesterday and he and I were both in the basket and he had a hand around her arm the whole time.

It's fun to let them have a little fun and see what Daddy works on sometimes, and that is about at the upper limits of what I would allow, but that controller was just asking for a reprimand from the FAA with that one.

When I told my 7 year old about it, she now wants to go for a ride too but same as yesterday, it will be strictly supervised.

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eirechippysteve

i cant see what the big deal is he was obviously been told what to say and it was only a few lines.

rselectric1

And I'm sure Dad was watching him like a hawk. (at least I hope so)

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"Air traffic-control listening aficionados"

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Inner10

Thats terrible how could a child understand the slurred speech of an intoxicated person....that takes years of training!

rselectric1

If the pilots' laptops were on, they might not have even noticed.

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Mike Finley

That is f'n awesome.

Just what I want to have happen when I'm flying, have some douche have his 8 year old kid f'n around with my life and 400 others.

Grounds for firing, gas him.

boman47k

In a situation like that the chance of the kid saying one minor thing different, word, number, whatever, and not being caught by whoever is telling them what to say is too great. No way in hell that should have happened.

Kyras

On the other hand, he was not giving out vital info.

Friend of mine brought his kid along to look at a job, new construction. Where's the kid? Oh, here he is, he fell in this 4 foot deep hole and just missed the rebar. He's fine.

boman47k

I bet the passengers on the planes have a different perspective.

Chris@Sunrise

I have an 8 yr old daughter, loves coming to work on the weekend. Just me and her, she can drive my lift i hear and knows all the hand signals. Cant post a pic nowadays. She loves to come around, shell go up to the guys and give them, hell. Telling them make it tight keep it right. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm wonder where she got that. Its funny how much stuff shes learned to catch, Gosh i hope she dosnt get into framing. lol

IHI

On the one hand, I heard no vital info just basic "identification" lingo, but with all the whoppla surrounding air travel over the past decade, I do agree that it was'nt the smartest thing to do. Heck, the pilots even had fun with it, figure this is what they do day in and day out, they know their routine, their runway so i dont see much harm in it, but should the plane happen to hit a flock of geese and go down, naturally it'd be the traffic controllers fault for having the kid say good to go to each plane as it prepared to taxi.

My daughter is 9 and for now we're strictly home based for "construction help", and I agree, it's scarey what they pick up on. I was giving orders at her age in cub scouts when we did activites, and she is "the head strong one" at school barking orders to her classmates during activity time...a big conversation piece at every conference she's ever had to date. I got a kick out of her riding my brother while we did my privacey fence out back....95*F that day, she was helping me hump panels to each spot in the 350' perimeter while my brother was consistantly MIA. She called him out each time LOL!!
"Where the heck have you been?"
"If all your going to do is sit in the house and watch us work, maybe you need to just go home"
"Your getting another glass of water? Do you plan on working today"
"Jeez, I've done more work than you today"

Worst part, she was spot on, and it's sick on my part employing him since his actions like this are common place....I'm stuck between the perverbial rock and hard place with employing family.

I think I'm going to feel bad for whoever she dates in the future, she'll defiantely wear the pants and will be hell on wheels since she has the look and already definately has the attitude

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joasis

The worst issue was with the many pilots who did not question the obvious voice of a child giving take off clearance. As a pilot, it would have raised my "alert", but then, it didn't bother the pilots involved...so I suspect, we are only hearing about the "edited" portions of the communications. Also, the dad said this is the next generation of ATC controllers.

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Mellison

Daddy!! I want to try too http://wcbstv.com/local/jfk.air.traffic.2.1533423.html

At least he didn't have sextuplets.
What an effen moron.

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matthewcims

great dad if u ask me.

Where's everyone bitching about peoples fathers who arent around? dont take care of there kids? i mean come on the dad's there for his kids. Showing them what he does. Give this man a break

Good dad !

IHI

Well, it boils down to folks "thinking" the kid had people's lives in their hands, and since lives were on the line on the taxi runway, this is the worse thing to ever happen since man has been on earth Practically thinking, I'm sure the dad had a headset on as well, and did'nt just say "here kid, take the mic. papa's goin for coffee and a smoke, I'll be back in a little bit....just ask for help if you need it.

Public outcry, but thinking with your head instead of emotions, I think it's a safe bet nobody's lives were in any sort of danger, if the situation was such obviously the supervisor, pilots, staff around this fella woulda had a fit, but what seems like a big deal to those out of the loop (those who dont tell aircraft where to taxi too) I'm sure flying off the handle is the first natural response....which it is, and now the witch hunt and "make an example of him" are goin in full effect.

Makes ya wonder why President Obama did'nt get suspended for ordering the air force one pictures flying close to the ground near new york city for the photo op.

everybody needs to beeotch about something all the time, that is all.

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dayexco

no different than a crane operator's kid swinifng a 50 ton weight over a crowd of 400 people having dad sit along side and tell him which lever to pull...

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IHI

no, not really...the kid is'nt operating the plane- the pilots are. To think these pilots dont know the routine by the time they're certified to haul passengers on a air bus is ludicris. IF the pilots were suspecious of a directive, they would've questioned it. It's more like the kid telling the operator which lever to pull....you dont think a seasoned crane operator already knows WTF he's doing? and would say something if the kid said "hit the drop lever once it's over the crowd"??

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dayexco

you might be right there...the crowd of people should have refused to sat there while the kid was operating....and the pilots should have shut their planes off until they knew the tower was in compliance with a trained, competent person.

all you need to do, is google...."near misses, airports"....the statistics might change your line of thought

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