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LafayetteLady -> RE: Take your kid to work... (3/4/2010 11:35:47 AM)
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ORIGINAL: servantforuse
I am sure that the FAA will think it was a big deal. That controller is a moron and should be fired.
Of course the FAA will make a big deal out of it. They would do the same thing if a kid went into the cockpit and was allowed to give a speech to the passengers.
Making the huge leap that the controller is a moron though is pretty far fetched. It is easy to make the comparison to a surgeon and say "Oh my God, that would be horrible." But if a doctor let the kid listen to a patient's heart beat or take a pulse, not so much.
Are there aspects of every single career that would be inappropriate for a parent to allow a child to do? Of course. Do air traffic controllers go through rigorous training to do their jobs? Yes, but that is because they are being trained to direct multiple planes to do different things all at one time. This kid was giving GROUND instructions to ONE pilot, directing them to which runway (if my memory serves me) he would be taking off from. The father was telling him what to say at all times.
I'm sure that some of you are so offended by the "adios amigo" comment and how "unprofessional" it is. You obviously have never been in very high stressed positions where people will do what they can to lighten to the mood and relief some stress. Chances are if you heard recordings of what goes on in an Air Traffic Control Tower every day, you would be screaming for all of them to be fired. Likewise with the pilots.
It's easy to hear something and have a knee jerk reaction and demand that people be put out of work. Apparently, it isn't so easy to really look at the situation and see that nothing bad happened. Trying to imply that it could have resulted in a serious accident doesn't fly, because it didn't happen. We could say that if a licensed air traffic controller suddenly had a coughing fit, planes would fall out of the air. Honestly, that has higher odds of happening than this kid telling the pilot to take off from runway "x." Would you then call for a firing because of a coughing fit?
Yes, it violated policy and regulations and needs to be dealt with. It doesn't make the guy a moron, and I seriously doubt that any of you trying to hold this man to such standards could possibly be meeting them in your own careers.
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