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By David B. Caruso / The Bulletin
March 4, 2010
NEW YORK — As planes waited to take off from Kennedy Airport, the jargon-packed radio chatter between controllers and pilots was interrupted by a young boy’s voice: “JetBlue 171, cleared for takeoff.”
An air traffic controller who brought his son to work let the youngster read a few routine....