Re: NYTimes.com: Investigating Tiny Voices at Air Tower

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I don't disagree with the decision to bring the kids to work.  In years 
past I've taken them to the hangar to see transport aircraft from that 
close-up, ground-level perspective. (Pretty scary to them, actually.)

Agreed, you and I would undoubtedly observe the scene quietly, and even 
the typical 12 year old will show that sort of restraint, unless 
egged-on by a parent or teacher...  All that said, with the exception of 
the gratuitous "Adios amigo", they seem to have been coached pretty well.

Which brings me back to the piloting question.  Why accept the clearance 
unchallenged?



Bryant Petitt wrote:
> Bob,
>
> And why did he even bring his kids to work? I would consider this a major distraction in the tower. I have been in the ATL tower one time in my life, and I pretty much kept my mouth shut, or whispers, as I would have on the few trips I have had (distant past) in the jump seat of an large airliner landing in SYD, Narita, or even my one experience in the jump seat of an Electra landing in Sal Paolo.
>
> Bryant Petitt
> Cumming, GA
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> From: RWM <RWM@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thu, March 4, 2010 1:06:39 PM
> Subject: Re: NYTimes.com: Investigating Tiny Voices at Air Tower
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> Although the intent here, and on the face of it, this was sort of cute,
> would you actually accept a clearance at a high-density terminal airport
> from an unexpected source in a child's voice?  How about enroute?
>
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> Bill Hough wrote:
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>> This page was sent to you by: psa188@xxxxxxxxx
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>> N.Y. / REGION | March 04, 2010
>> Investigating Tiny Voices at Air Tower
>> By MICHAEL WILSON
>> An air traffic controller at Kennedy Airport is in trouble after 
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> bringing his children to work - and letting them speak to pilots.
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>> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/nyregion/04children.html?emc=eta1

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