I asked you to point out where you see a risk. You never answered that question.
Air traffic control doesn't require "undivided attention". Does a truck dispatcher require "undivided attention"? Your analogy sucks because directing air traffic is nothing like driving a car; sure, you can compare
flying a plane to driving a car (although not completely, as flying a commercial airliner is
much easier and
much lower risk), but directing traffic is completely different.
As I said earlier, the hysteria surrounding this event is due to the two reasons I outlined above.
Do you
really think this is how air traffic control works? That there is only
one set of headphones where pilots can be heard, and that if the child is wearing them then nobody else can hear? Seriously?
What the hell does that have to do with
anything????
What do you think happens if an air traffic controller gets sick and has to go to the bathroom? Answer:
He goes to the bathroom.
Like I said, air traffic control is not performed at an airport by one single individual who is the only person that knows what is going on and without him all of the planes would crash. There is a chain of command and a set of policies and redundancies in place that deal with these circumstances, which is what facilitates airports to function.
If that happened then someone else in tower would be listening in anyways and would be able to take care of anything that comes up. Saying that if an air traffic controller "gets distracted" all hell will break loose is downright silly and merely supports my assertion that most people don't understand how air traffic control works.
EDIT:
Everyone that thinks there was a "risk" posed here should read this.