KIds Directing Traffic


Today, the FAA suspended two air traffic controllers plus a supervisor because one of the controllers allowed their kid to get on the radio & direct traffic. The controller supervise his kid while he directed traffic on the ground. I must say this was a shocking abuse of trust in the aviation industry & the controllers lack good judgment. It's ok to take your kid to work ,but in some case's it's hazards to allow you kid to perform you job function in certain career fields. With all the runway incursion that happened in the last twenty years it strikes me as odd that a controller would allow this. Also, back in 1994 over Russian airspace a Russian airline captain on an Airbus A-300 allow his son to come into the cockpit & actually fly the airplane. In the ten minutes of him being at the controls the son somehow kick off the autopilot without the crew knowing. The aircraft spun out of control,and crashed killing all 200 passengers on board. Just last year a deadly midair collision occurred with a air tour helicopter & a small private airplane killing 13 people. The air traffic controller was distracted because he made a personal phone call to his girlfriend at the time of the collision. Somethings just don't mixed.
 

What did you think of this article?




Trackbacks
  • No trackbacks exist for this post.
Comments

  • 3/7/2010 7:19 PM RO Water Tank wrote:
    I couldn't believe this happened. I am not sure what the air traffic controllers were thinking by allowing their kids to direct traffic. It could have ended up in a bad way if the kids didn't give the right information, luckily everything turned out ok. I hope it is a reminder that air safety shouldn't be taken lightly.
    Reply to this
  • 12/25/2010 7:26 PM Magnetic Sponsoring wrote:
    Nice blog here! Also your website loads up fast! What host are you using? I wish my website loaded up as fast as yours lol
    Reply to this
Leave a comment

Submitted comments are subject to moderation before being displayed.

 Enter the above security code (required)

 Name

 Email (will not be published)

 Website

Your comment is 0 characters limited to 3000 characters.