
HAZCOLLECT Testing on 3/9/10

AS PART OF THE ONGOING HAZCOLLECT TESTING...A NATIONAL
TEST MESSAGE WILL BE SENT ON TUESDAY MARCH 9 AT ABOUT
1915 UTC/UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/ OR 215 PM EASTERN
STANDARD TIME TO TEST DISTRIBUTION OF EMERGENCY MESSAGES
OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. THE NATIONAL TEST MESSAGE WILL
BE DISSEMINATED AS A SERIES OF STATE MESSAGES UNDER THE
FOLLOWING WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ AND
ADVANCED WEATHER INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM /AWIPS/
COMMUNICATION IDENTIFIERS:
WOUS41 KALY ALBADRNY FOR THE STATE OF NEW YORK
WOUS41 KPHI PHLADRNJ FOR THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
WOUS41 KBOX BOSADRCT FOR THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT
THE ADR ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE/FOLLOW UP TEST MESSAGES
MAY BE RELAYED BY EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM /EAS/
PARTICIPATING STATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL AND STATE
EAS PLANS.
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Child Directed Traffic at N.Y.'s JFK

Child Directed Traffic at N.Y.'s JFK Airport, Air Traffic Controller Suspended
From FOXNEWS
An air traffic controller at New York's Kennedy Airport was suspended for allowing his young son to radio instructions to several pilots.
The few quick exchanges between the elementary-school-
aged child and jets waiting to take off from JFK, one of the nation's busiest airports, appeared to delight pilots at the time.
"I wish I could bring my kid to work," one said, wistfully.
But the Federal
Aviation Administration suspended the controller and a supervisor Wednesday after recordings of the calls were posted on the Internet, then reported on by a Boston television station.
"This lapse in judgment not only violated FAA's own policies, but common sense standards for professional conduct. These kinds of distractions are totally unacceptable," FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt said in a statement. "This kind of behavior does not reflect the true caliber of our work force."
On the recording, which lasts about a minute, the boy appears to repeat instructions fed to him by his father. At no time does the child tell aircraft how to maneuver or where they should go.
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