on paid administrative leave . `` We have an incredible team of professionals who safely control our nation 's skies every single day . This kind of behavior does not reflect the true caliber of our workforce , '' FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt said in the statement Wednesday . Babbitt was referring to the February 16 incident involving the controller 's young son , who is heard in a recording -- posted on liveatc.net -- clearing a JetBlue flight for takeoff and later speaking to an apparent Aeromexico flight . Later , an FAA official , who asked not to be identified because of the ongoing investigation , said the controller brought his daughter into the same tower the following day , and the child was allowed to talk with pilots of two planes . A separate source said the supervisor `` should be making sure that things like this do n't happen . '' Yet another source familiar with the investigation said the two children are twins . The controller who brought the children to work later reported that he had done so , the source said . The controller and supervisor involved are veteran employees , the official
New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- `` Unauthorized and unprofessional '' is how an internal memo describes the conduct of an air traffic controller , who allegedly allowed his two young children to speak with pilots on an air traffic control frequency , and his supervisor , who allegedly allowed it to happen . The memo , dated February 25 , was written after the facilities manager for the air traffic control tower at New York 's John F. Kennedy Airport learned about the incident , a source who has seen the memo told CNN . `` The display of professionalism in the past by the control personnel at this facility has been exemplary , '' the memo said . `` However , a lapse in judgment for what may seem a minor transgression diminishes our credibility and slights the high standards of professionalism . '' It was not immediately clear what prompted the manager to write the memo or how he found out about the incident , the source said . The incidents occurred on succeeding days last month at JFK , the Federal Aviation Administration said this week , and the controller and the supervisor have been placed