I know what you mean, LLJ, about the traffic controller. Some reports have made it sound like the kid was giving instructions, when in reality, he was he was giving confirmations and repeating exactly what dad said. However, I can understand the knee jerk reaction from the FAA because some of the recent negligence from other air traffic controllers, one of which resulted in nine fatalities. This 'take the kid to work day' was just bad timing. Wouldn't it be cool if some airports could organize a program where one kid could spend the day in a tower and do what this kid did? It could be an incentive program for underprivileged kids or something.