Originally Posted by
ThrustMonkey
Perhaps next time we see a photo of our President in the Oval Office with his kids in there too, all of the media freaks can make some big deal about how them being in there while the President is conducting official business for the United States is a violation of national security.....its just as assinine.
That is a great analogy. Just because JFK is one of the busiest airspace doesn't mean it is always the busiest airspace. I am sure the controller waited for the pace to go down before he let his kids talk. Also, if anyone has gone up into a tower, you will see that often controllers are talking to each other between transmissions about anything but flying. It does not take 100% of a controller’s concentration to clear an aircraft for takeoff, especially if the controller is used to doing that during times of peak departures.