Awesome! 6-yo Kid Directs Air Traffic at JFK

[Therin]

...so they were fired over telling the kid a few lines to say while they stood by and supervised, fully capable of taking control of the situation if necessary?

Yes, fortunately.

[alt]

Regardless if they should have fired the people or not.

I can't see how the dad would of thought this would be ok, post 9/11 especially.

No matter how you spin it he broke FAA policies, and if anyone knows any pilots, you know the FAA is one of the most regulated and tightly controlled government administrations out there, in terms of policy regulation and oversight. No idea how they dad thought this wouldn't get out.

[Acturus]

Screw "post 9/11".

How excusable would it be for a doctor assisting the surgeon in open-heart surgery to let his 6-year old kid hand the surgeon the swabs, scalpel, clamps, etc?

I mean, it's cool as long as the surgeon is in on the joke, right?

This is a funny story for what it is, but the consequences were appropriate. You don't fuck with airplanes.

[Colenzo]

this sounds safe, I approve

[Khajit]

Screw "post 9/11".

How excusable would it be for a doctor assisting the surgeon in open-heart surgery to let his 6-year old kid hand the surgeon the swabs, scalpel, clamps, etc?

I mean, it's cool as long as the surgeon is in on the joke, right?

This is a funny story for what it is, but the consequences were appropriate. You don't fuck with airplanes.

Because saying some words requires hand eye coordination(still developing in kids), several years of practice(more than the kid was alive), hygene(aka something kids are bad at), the ability to handle power tools(bonesaws, drills) etc etc etc, just like a surgeon. Copying off of a surgeon involves knowing what you're doing.
If anything it would be like a kid using a stethoscope while the REAL DOCTOR is using his own on you and delivering the prescription to you that the doctor wrote. Now quit with the retarded metaphors before it shits up the awesome of what the kid got to do.

[Bikpik]

Screw "post 9/11".

How excusable would it be for a doctor assisting the surgeon in open-heart surgery to let his 6-year old kid hand the surgeon the swabs, scalpel, clamps, etc?

I mean, it's cool as long as the surgeon is in on the joke, right?

This is a funny story for what it is, but the consequences were appropriate. You don't fuck with airplanes.

As long as the nurse was there making sure he didn't screw up, I don't see anything wrong with this, other than the fact that 6 year olds are dirty as fuck.

It's not like "oh look Billy is here, we can all go on break now" he was told what to say, and if he did it wrong, and adult would've fixed it. IMO this is no different than any on-the-job training, except for his age, an apprentise would do the job under supervision, and if he screwed up, someone was there to fix it.

I know when I was a kid, my Dad would let me steer the car when he was driving, as long as it was safe to do so.