Kid cleared for departure by FAA in ATC flap at JFK. Over.

Alright, everybody needs to take a deep breath here. This kid was NOT directing traffic that was in the air or in danger of doing anything more than making the ‘fuzz’ look sillier than it usually does.

The air traffic controllers at JFK do an awesome job in one of the most difficult aviation control environments in the world. My husband, Capt. Maven, has flown into and out of JFK many times over his professional aviation career and he wasn’t perturbed by this ‘childish’ incident.

Capt. Maven has said more than once that pilots going in and out of JFK had better pull their heads out of the dark place, because these JFK controllers are just that sharp and on top of it. You don’t want to be on the back side of their power curve.

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