Two Kid Controllers? Brother and Sister Direct JFK Air Traffic
An air-traffic controller put passengers in double jeopardy by letting his 9-year-old son direct planes at JFK – and repeating the stunt with the boy’s twin sister the next day, probers said Wednesday night.
Controller Glenn Duffy was already in trouble for allowing his son to give instructions to pilots preparing for take-off on Feb. 16.
The Federal Aviation Administration then discovered Duffy pulled the boneheaded move again with the boy’s twin sister, sources said.
The 48-year-old Long Island dad and a supervisor have been suspended and will likely lose their jobs, sources told the Daily News.
“This lapse in judgment not only violated FAA’s own policies, but common sense standards for professional conduct,” FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt said.
“These kinds of distractions are totally unacceptable.”
