Kid Directs Traffic at NY's JFK Airport

Kid Directs Traffic at NY's JFK Airport

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(CBS) The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating how a child was allowed to direct air traffic at the nation's sixth-busiest airport - New York's JFK International.

As CBS News Correspondent Kelly Wallace reports, the Feb. 17 incident involved a child on the radio to pilots of planes awaiting takeoff. The boy was allowed to make at least five transmissions to commercial jets.

In tapes obtained by CBS News, the boy is clearly heard:

Boy: AMX 403, Contact departures. Adios.

Pilot: Contact departures. Aeromexico 403. Adios.

An adult -- reportedly a controller -- made

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In an era where we are consistently being shaken down at airports, where we are forced to practically strip down to our bare essentials, and where we are forced to go through machines that show our privates, this is how they repay us for our efforts???

SECURITY??? They left our airplanes in the hands of a child. To me, this is a slap in the face to every American who has to endure astringent methods just so we can board. If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention.

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Duplicate thread. Sorry.