I never blaimed the kid for that however the ignorance of the flight crew and their lack of understanding of the flight controls was a little difficult for me to maintain empathy for.

Sorry I was talking about this kid Orlaam posted above. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_593

So within 2 days we have a kid running the JFK tower and now a guy with no license flying 737s... nice.

I don't think it was for two days. Anyways though I heard the tapes and it wasn't like anyone at JFK were in danger. The child was supervised and all pilots the child ineteracted with seen nothing wrong with what was going on. His father was a VETERAN ATC controller as well as pilot. Not to mention he was approved by the supervisors. Also for a kid he did DAMN well. :) I personally do not think there is no wrong doing nor comparison the the dutch guy. If that dude had of been in the US they would have threw him under the bus, jail, and whatever else. That dude was a veteran PC pilot with a private license. However if he got away with it that long he might as well be given a license. He can now say with truth that he was a previous 737 pilot...under false pretense. :)