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Offline cptbrw

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New KJFK Controller? ? ?
« on: February 16, 2010, 08:36:11 PM »
Caught this a little while ago and had listen to the archive to make sure my hearing wasn't failing me.  Talk about a great "bring your kid to work" adventure!  I would have killed for this chance! ! ! ! !



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Re: New KJFK Controller? ? ?
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2010, 09:03:12 PM »
One of the best ATC audio clips - ever!

Thanks for posting that.

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« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2010, 09:10:04 PM »
I really couldn't believe my ears when I first heard it!

Offline aevins

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« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2010, 10:08:36 PM »
Wow, that's a first.

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« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2010, 11:56:38 PM »
AWESOME CLIP!!

Gotta love the "adios amigos"  :-D

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« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2010, 03:38:35 AM »
Hahaha, awesome!

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« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2010, 06:49:13 AM »
Wow! that blows me away. I had no idea that was allowed.

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« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2010, 08:16:43 AM »
Kids got skill!

lol  :mrgreen:

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« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2010, 10:19:08 AM »
This gives new meaning to "start them young and train them right".  :-o

The Kid's got game. Rock on...... :-D

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« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2010, 11:07:58 AM »
By far the best clip I have heard.

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« Reply #10 on: February 17, 2010, 03:49:56 PM »
Incredible. I'm so glad you guys can have fun with this kind of thing, as I know for a fact the authorities here would arrest the controller, and there would be a huge investigation.

Long may this trend continue! Glad we've got SOME common sense left in aviation.  :-D

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« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2010, 05:46:21 PM »
I bet you my 2 year old can control better than your 2 year old...  :mrgreen:

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« Reply #12 on: February 17, 2010, 06:25:37 PM »
A few questions:

Was it legal for the kid to broadcast like that?
Are there any other clips or examples of this?

 :mrgreen:

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« Reply #13 on: February 17, 2010, 07:57:59 PM »
haha that's pretty funny. Clip is a keeper!  :-D

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« Reply #14 on: February 17, 2010, 07:58:28 PM »
I thought it was a woman at first but its the controller's kid?

Awesome.

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« Reply #15 on: February 17, 2010, 08:32:35 PM »
A few questions:

Was it legal for the kid to broadcast like that?
Are there any other clips or examples of this?

 :mrgreen:

Probably not but who cares... he probably brightened a lot of people's day.  I hope the controller doesn't get in trouble for that.

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« Reply #16 on: February 17, 2010, 08:50:20 PM »
The first Jetblue crew really seemed to enjoy the guest controller.  There was another "guest" child controller in the JFK Tower again this evening but I only heard 2 transmissions from him and his radio procedure was not as "polished!"   :-)

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« Reply #17 on: February 17, 2010, 09:19:22 PM »
Damn! I had just editted this once I found it in the archives and was fixing to post it. Haha
I hate not being first when I finally get the chance!

Taking this to ATC CTI class for a laugh..

-CB

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« Reply #18 on: February 17, 2010, 10:18:05 PM »
This is awesome and brings a smile to my face every time I listen to it. Nice work, kid.  :-)

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« Reply #19 on: February 18, 2010, 05:39:04 AM »
The best clip of LiveATC!

Thanks much!!!!!!

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« Reply #20 on: February 18, 2010, 11:01:57 AM »
That is a great capture.  And the fact that he was kept to giving minimum instruction should not get anyone into trouble.
He was easier to understand than the guy giving taxi to position and hold  :-D

The best I could do for my kids was bring them to a dirty warehouse!!  Maybe that dad would adopt me  :evil:

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« Reply #21 on: February 18, 2010, 12:22:47 PM »
A few questions:

Was it legal for the kid to broadcast like that?
Are there any other clips or examples of this?

 :mrgreen:

Probably not but who cares... he probably brightened a lot of people's day.  I hope the controller doesn't get in trouble for that.

Definitely brought a smile to my day but if I was that controller, I wouldn't let me child do that, especially at JFK.  Maybe if I was at a small, slow traffic airfield then yeah but not at JFK.  You know for a fact the FAA can't be too happy about this.

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« Reply #22 on: February 18, 2010, 02:55:55 PM »
I respectfully would disagree atcman23. It sounded like the dad was in control the entire time based on the pace of how things were going. It would not surprise me one bit he was controlling when the mic was on or not.

I also noticed the kid was given only two classifications of things to say.

1. clear for take off
2. contact departure

There was even one instance when the dad cleared a Jetblue flight to take off and there was wind information. The dad clearly had control there.


Risks? Not any higher from what I can gather based on the clip.

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« Reply #23 on: February 18, 2010, 02:57:51 PM »
Why so quick to assume it was that controller's son? :wink:

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« Reply #24 on: February 18, 2010, 03:07:16 PM »
  And the fact that he was kept to giving minimum instruction should not get anyone into trouble.


Don't bet on it.  3rd party use of atc frequencies is authorized in limited instances and control instructions are expressly forbidden in those cases.  I personally know a controller who's been disciplined/suspended for doing exactly this when a group of kids was visiting the tower.  Flame away if you want/must, but we're not there to be cool or provide people entertainment.  We're there to separate aircraft.