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FAA Suspends Controller and Supervisor After Boy Directs Flights
March 4th, 2010 — 1:57am
So, the FAA air traffic controller and supervisor were placed on administrative leave after they allowed a child to direct flights at JFK Airport on Feb. 17. This may sound a little crazy, but I don’t really think it was a big deal. I think suspending those two was probably the right move, but come on – I’d like to think (or is it hope?) that if it was busy or hectic in the tower the kid wouldn’t have been allowed to direct planes.
One question, though. How hard is it to get into the air traffic control tower? I’d kind of assumed that they are really, really locked down, but I have no idea.