Matt Lauer Worked In An Air Traffic Control Tower - And No One Got Hurt! | TODAY

[@examplewastaken]

1:30 Steve! The coolest controler there is/was!

[@matsuhikotakagawa8060]

Oh My God !!! There he is/was 😘

[@___axg96___63]

I was an intern when they shot this, now it's a year later and I work here. Amazing!!!

[@dgrdst5810]

___Axg96 ___ is it fun

[@___axg96___63]

@@dgrdst5810 love it!

[@Inaworldoflove]

Still enjoying it?

[@seventhmaybeats1635]

How is it working as an ATC? I’m currently looking for a school to study this field

[@BillyWunebuger]

@@seventhmaybeats1635 me too

[@jackmosher7561]

Say what you will about Lauer, this is excellent journalism. Excellent look inside a really critical element of our travel infrastructure. This was awesome to watch.

[@ew7339]

Great worker bad guy. All of his reports are a great and insightful watch.

[@grob25]

@1:31 The man, the myth, the legend......Kennedy Steve!

[@richardschindler8822]

As a retired corporate pilot I can never say enough good about ATC. THOSE GUYS DESERVE MUCH MORE PRAISE THEN THEY GET,. By the way is usually don't get any. Enjoyed the video as well, thanks.

[@CptPhillip11]

Totally agree, I've visited a local ATC tower, we have a class Delta, and it is amazing to see what they do. They're really, "behind the scenes." It is unfortunate that they don't get a lot of credit however I doubt that they care because of how much each of them loves there job. Most controllers say It's the best job in the world.

[@chrisgast]

As a student pilot, I agree. Granted, there's a few bad apples here and there. But you get that everywhere in any field. Most of them are great at what they do.

[@muskylemon2310]

I'm just here for Kennedy Steve

[@Tbonedoesfsx]

arent we all

[@marcopolo1984]

yes ronald ulysses swanson, I am too.

[@JJay-m1x]

Me too :D

[@officialguitar3667]

Nick Scott I'm a simple man. I see a video with Kennedy Steve, I click on it.

[@doctorplagus7138]

SAME HERE!

[@steveo1kinevo]

I have been offered many times to come take a tour of different control towers and centers...every time I ask if I can make a video and they say it's not allowed...this video says otherwise. :)

[@Sanijfu]

Its Steveo! I'm just a fellow aviator and patreon supporter :) Its great to see you on this random video haha.

[@ptusasgugfhfg]

Love ur channel Steveo.

[@peterellison2220]

steveo1kinevo I got a tour myself and it's an eye opening experience

[@Forevera7x737]

Steve, it has to be approved by the ATM... they had to get permission in advance to do so. Higher chance a well known media outlet that is trusted by the government and is regulated will get authorization to do so.

[@jackbulman8114]

hey steveo! love you and your channel! even in my Flightradar24 app I always track your plane

[@janetairlines1351]

"Does this security card give me access to the womens restroom?"

[@vkaa3k190]

implying there are any women working in ATC tower.

[@highlyfavored2434]

@@vkaa3k190 I was actually wondering about that. How many women are in that sector

[@shaunnan146]

why would u wanna go in the womens toilet anyway,...it stinks, you're better catching them outside, coz they'd put the perfume on and smell much nicer :-) LOL

[@burritoboi6620]

Janet Airlines weirdo

[@onemercilessming1342]

Janet Airlines--You could also say that he asked, "which room with a desk do I get to use and which female ATC do I get to harass?"

[@elainel.1285]

Back in the 70's, my uncle was head/manager of a control tower in a large Canadian airport. I found out many years later that he was a long-time alcoholic. His daughter (my cousin) had said many of the people he had worked with and had managed were substance abusers as well due to the extreme stress that they were under at their jobs.

[@xBinkzz]

Really? Drug and alcohol testing is mandatory and the restrictions are pretty tight. Substance abuse is grounds for immediate firing

[@woxfan82]

70's @@xBinkzz

[@keeppushin6725]

@@xBinkzzyou’d be surprised of what people can get away with.

[@westep4273]

It always amazes me how skilled these people are I definitely have lots of respect for them.

[@TheAndokid1]

Yeah absolutely. I think it’s actually required to have at least an associates degree for like air traffic controlling.

[@ew7339]

Not Matt tho lol

[@ttmaggebo]

They needed to feature Kennedy Steve

[@dingle849]

I was looking for him.

[@ttmaggebo]

he appears for a second.

[@dingle849]

+ttmaggebo what time in the vid please

[@ttmaggebo]

+PASSwordUSERname 1:30 and 1:36

[@dingle849]

+ttmaggebo Cheers

[@MarkPentler]

"thirty one" had me cringing every single time it was said

[@BartTibia]

why? what does it mean

[@MrViddha]

Because it is meant to be read as "three one" and not "thirty one".

[@Forevera7x737]

lol same

[@BartTibia]

Sadev Abeyrathne I see. Thanks. Is there any reason why?

[@MrViddha]

BartTibia That is to avoid any confusions. An example is "13" and "30" where "thirteen" and "thirty" sounds similar and can be confused.

[@Inaworldoflove]

1:51 - awkward touching.

[@768lbman]

1:31 is Steve I believe.

[@dstefanek1988]

I came to watch Steve work hahahah

[@dmitryklyuev4782]

Yup, looks like Kennedy Steve !!

[@henkkaiz3]

so cool 8)

[@edfromchowderheads1312]

Brett Carson no way is it actually?

[@skotshi9332]

Edfromchowderheads Yeah! That's 100% Steve.

[@elifrancoeur4602]

At 0:38 I love how they have an AED ready just in case someone has a heart attack from all of the stress!

[@irvin4019]

I work as a Train Controller and we have an AED in our room

[@htfcm]

What an awesome job! I'm glad and appreciative that we have such great people working ATC all over our country.

[@TheAndokid1]

Yeah props to them all.

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

i trained as an atc.. man i cant do it.. i passed the course ,,but hated every second of it.. ive fought in a hundred battles , built roads , bridges, dams, offshore paltforms, nuke plants, etc,,,, in every desert and jungle in the world.. thats still the toughest job ive ever seen

[@belindadixon3941]

johnny llooddte does the us accept UK diploma in aviation ? And how long does the course take to be complete in the States??

[@TheAndokid1]

@@belindadixon3941 I think you need a whole associates degree.

[@Oli-lk1gp]

Take the ATSA​@@belindadixon3941

[@uriahfiiya]

Yea! No one got hurt cause he didn't actually work it. He used a simulator

[@FrosTesd]

Do you think a supervisor would let a TV show host Do that? His ticket is on the line

[@andrewanane9715]

I wanna be a pilot, an air traffic control and an air crash investigator! This man did great, I'm not sure many people can do that on their first day.

[@dorothyford6616]

Oh my gosh, Kennedy Steve is in the tower! Added bonus!

[@YouTube.TOM.A]

A million " thank You[s]" to the today show for highlighting these Civil servants who work very hard and posses a unique skill. The weather changed and the visibility went down but they continued to process traffic,

[@irisfields1659]

Congratulations

[@carlgois8579]

Kennedy Steve, the man!!!! 👍👍

[@IseiNabuka]

these guys are as important as doctors or any other health professional

[@J-Burgerz]

He used the button on his desk to lock the other controllers outside when he felt confident enough to go solo.

[@fernandosalas8589]

That plane that took off someone said hey it's Matt Lauer.

[@liamhosking2947]

1:32 Kennedy Steve!!!

[@swanlove2002]

I'm going to be an ATC when I grow up.

[@djjuicyfruit]

Best of luck to you!! It's a tough job. I'm a pilot and I have a ton of respect for ATC.

[@Forevera7x737]

welcome to the team :)

[@youngflyprince1331]

Im 21 and im considering it but Im very forgetful and I fear I might cause multiple major accidents if I pursue it.

[@brandonwainscott7491]

YoungFly Prince Well, as long as Jane does not die, you're good.

[@carterpierce9270]

You won't make it through training if that's the case. There are multiple PVs you have to pass at the FAA academy before even going to your assigned facility ... and even then you will be training and learning airspace for quite a while ... and you won't be talking to airplanes until you're ready.

[@dabflies]

Crazy that they still have paper strips. It's all digitized now in Canada - and when they hand off flights from controller to controller the strip just gets sent from screen to screen!

[@unsignedmusic]

...and when you lose power?

[@dabflies]

Backup generator(s)? In the US if they lost power their radios would still go down

[@unsignedmusic]

Davis Byer I'm not talking about radios. I'm talking about computers and radar.

[@sailorman8668]

You actually don't know that important facilities such as air traffic control have mulitiple redundencies for power failures?

[@officergregorystevens5765]

Fun fact: Boston Center which comprises New England's ATC is actually HQ'd in southern NH.

[@bobboberson2024]

Matt Lauer has the BEST agent in the world!

[@michaellake2359]

I saw Kennedy Steve. He is hilarious but an absolute professional.

[@ThomasLeNinja]

avgeeks are cringing rn

[@QemeH]

AvGeek here - I would pay a lot of money to do some hours in 'the Sim'

[@ThomasLeNinja]

oh yea me too

[@duttonfx]

Not cringing, it's his first time doing it. At a time all of us were like that, whether you play FSX/P3D or you're an aviator/controller in real life.

[@calebbaudia]

Thomas Zottos Oh ya

[@maineaviationvideos6759]

Thomas Zottos Corvallis yup, me

[@interstategar]

In 1978 I bought my first scanner and got an aviation high altitude map to try and spot high altitude planes and it took a while to figure out the lingo with no help. But I did it. I than (before 9/11) got to visist the Washington Center in Leesburg and saw the radar screen handling the flight area above my home. I than also got to go up into the KPHL Tower. The controllers do great job, and so do the pilots and all the people that keep the plane flying. aviation is a fascinating industry. We today take for granted that Ben Franklin would be astonished at.

[@xwhels]

No one got hurt?! Will it is a sim!!!

[@TheAndokid1]

I know who got hurt. All those woman he harassed on the today show.

[@3rdandlong]

He should have interviewed Kennedy Steve.

[@Nortonmascota]

The moment when I though the wall where he checked his security pass was a door 😂

[@drewway9599]

I hope he got to meet Kennedy Steve

[@keegangidley2071]

AvGeek201 he was in the video at 1:30

[@melodycjefferson1323]

Omfg...I could never ever do that job! These guys deserve every penny they get!!

[@vodkacannon]

Matt Lauer does real work

[@jshepard152]

vodkacannon - Simulated real work.

[@ryg8578]

1:31 Kennedy Steve special cameo

[@jjtly123]

I'm currently doing the training in NL Canada , Gander international . A middle size airport pays nearly 160k a year .. I can't imaging how much these guys are getting !

[@TheAndokid1]

In NYC it’s starts at 35K a year and works up to over 120K a year that’s according to Glassdoor.

[@sauceislife8808]

How is the training there. What does it take to certify?

[@hoosierdaddy8002]

Did he fondle one of the controllers ?

[@TheAndokid1]

Probably that girl in the dress.

[@ChesapeakeAreaParanormal]

Good job Matt

[@ryanr2885]

I am an avgeek. The “thirty-one” was killing me...IT’S “three-one”!!

[@cassandraglowacki9251]

You can hear this on the St. Maarten one. It's called Maho Beach Cam & its right on the runway. At the top you can turn on the Mic and the ATC plus a has a map below showing all the planes in the Caribbean. It's pretty busy. Not like NY, but you'll get a taste of how busy it gets even for a small island dealing with all the Caribbean traffic.

[@neonhomer]

Who clicked on this just to catch a glimpse of Kennedy Steve?

[@carriea.2467]

This job most be be very stressful. But i love the job when i can do it.

[@PhilipAgresta]

Dave Siewert was a supervisor with me at Albany Tower NY when I came aboard!

[@chrisharloe2112]

Kennedy Steve!!

[@michaelloftin5035]

cringed when he said "Cleared to land, runway thirty one right", instead of "Cleared to land, runway three-one right."..... cant really judge him though, didn't do that bad tbh, im just nit picking haha

[@peterellison2220]

Michael Loftin nit picking is what we're good at😂 of course you can't blame him

[@Forevera7x737]

its actually per FAAJO 7110.65W "Callsign, Wind, Runway, Cleared to land, traffic or other information that is pertinent."

[@fireworks990]

Michael Loftin actually its runway three one right cleared to land.

[@gabrielsasala1875]

It's runway three one cleared to land

[@1961casey]

AT jfk there are two '31's", left and right

[@CraigArndt]

Matt Lauer, what does this tiny nipple do? "Its not a nipple, Mr. Lauer, it's a National Emergency call switch". Oh. I have one too, it locks my door.

[@TheGordyb102]

Simulation is great, I was trained the old fashioned way, live traffic OJT. Worked JFK, LGA in the 70s. The NYC Area has some of the best in the business

[@CraigArndt]

I can't watch Matt Lauer or the Today Show, I feel I lose brain cells and common sense when I do.

[@unsignedmusic]

If he wasn't doing dumbed down TV, nobody would watch.

[@adilsondesouza3802]

yessss that's why he jumped into journalism. because into real jobs needs brain and balls. he is doing now what already happened to him waaaybefore... burning brains cells. : )

[@gunandbomb4637]

the dude made $25 million a year, if that isn't a real job then idk what is

[@brien1254]

Craig Arndt especially now after he was fired lol

[@billydward]

This comment aged well

[@Oecanside]

matt lauer is a cool dude!

[@SA-ch3tm]

The guys face when he told him 56 and you are out lol

[@samchristie913]

5:44 - 5:48 Savannah Guthrie said There Like Is That Matt Lauer? Love the show first time the Call to us.

[@derekwall200]

now i can see why most (not all) people do not last in that job for no more than a few years. it's possibly the most stressful job. believe me the stress alone can age you horribly

[@sheikhabrahim3463]

I have had dreams of working in a busy control tower too. But that time has passed. I have to think of something else now. Thumps up to all those hard working guys up in the 'crows nest'.

[@rogermoore27]

Lauer is not in the Tower anymore....

[@SoNiKSh0t]

where is Kennedy Steve??

[@heroknaderi]

Very interesting

[@speedyretreat]

Lauer in the Tower... I imagine the group of people high fiving after coming up with that and rightfully so.

[@w5pda]

I might be mistaken, but isn't that the famous "Kennedy Steve" at 1:30?

[@Minizilla]

You are not mistaken in the least. That is indeed Steve!

[@w5pda]

Thank you :-) Paul in CRP

[@deltavee2]

How in the blue blazes did you recognize Kennedy Steve? He's an invisible legend.

[@w5pda]

Google lol

[@kewkabe]

He looks older than 56. How is he still working?

[@rahul8000x]

I feel there should be 2 people doing the same job. One person speaking to the planes and the other person helping him out. They may switch roles every few hours. This would reduce their stress level. If you make mistake due to stress, you lose several lives. Better to be safe.

[@suchaccountwow4858]

It seems like a good idea, but it will mess the decision giving of the controller

[@inga1721]

Impressive.

[@Jer_101.5]

Thanks. Now i know what my hopefully future job will be like

[@Captain_Chad]

I just wanted to come for Steve.

[@chocolatcats]

I knew the French top man in Air Traffic Control in Paris (he hires, etc, trains, ) and he said, "I ONLY hire at 21 and not past 24...." wow....he said "After 25, the start to slow down"

[@jdjk7]

I came here to see Kennedy Steve. I... wasn't disappointed, but I'd rather have seen more Steve.

[@monssterific]

1:31 KENNEDY STEVE 😎 !!!!!!

[@timothyhairston2051]

He wasn't accused of being homosexual even one time. Not a legitimate ATC experience!

[@owenair747]

I agree 100%

[@keytothegate68]

Kudos to these men. There has to be some kind of orderly way how this is done but to me it will always be a mystery.

[@farhanabdulhamid4214]

Wow Tnx bro good business ok thanks brother good

[@mwilk19]

I hope he's a better controller than a journalist.

[@rc653]

Pilot: is this Matt Lauer. Lauer: No sir/ma'm, you must be mistaken. People do say i sound exactly like him. But don't get distracted now.

[@cesarioj.f.g.7959]

Great Clip...but here in Europe that would be a very big *NO NO* standing outside on the manouvering area without any kind of mandatory reflecting airport safety vests..! (Around 4:40)...and is that guy with moustache from FAA..?

[@luizashabetnick8059]

is that Kennedy Steve at 1:31?! dear lord!

[@meganproffitt424]

Yup and he looks as upset with the tugs as ever 😂

[@GriggsC123]

I would love to have that ATC simulator in my home.

[@justme-ll1qz]

Flash forward, Ole Matti Boy was a bad bad boy

[@Coldstreamer17]

1:30 there is the famous Kennedy Steve!

[@NickB]

I can't believe they are still using paper strips.

[@Forevera7x737]

why? its easy, reliable, fool proof... the pros go on and on

[@NickB]

Here in the UK all the major airports are using electronic flight strip systems. Saves a lot of controller workload (no handovers required) and replays are available in the event of an incident.

[@Forevera7x737]

Nick B. NATS is private sector. FAA is government... we are broke... smaller budget

[@computer5272]

The aviation industry, in the US at least, is decades behind the rest of the world in every aspect. It's pretty sad.

[@sykostudios]

Computers fail, paper doesn't! Simple, when dealing with 300 lives on a plane that needs to land, you can't count on a computer cooperating. Paper never fails, you write it down and can still refer to it in a power outage.

[@bbolin5626]

What song is playing at 1:02?

[@profwaggstaff]

Nice job.

[@aresef]

The video doesn't show him asking which of the buttons there will lock the door.

[@Casey093]

You always wonder why you understand nothing on the radio, and then you see those 10 dollar headsets. o.O

[@y2n610]

I was hoping to see Deltah Tugh TWOOO

[@lovedrreid1]

y2n610 or jetbluuuuueeee tug twoooooooo :D

[@stevengraham7574]

what's the name of the song starting at 1:01?

[@TheMgamer38]

put him on approach and see how stressful it is.

[@SidestickPilot]

Approach? Nah ground is the hardest by FAR!

[@Brian_Moser1118]

If you give me this job opportunity, I guarantee you everyone departing or landing will die lol

[@meganproffitt424]

At least you’re honest 😂

[@chrisgast]

That's just called a readback. They are confirming that they heard you by repeating what you said. Unless you plan on leaving your anchor job, then leave this stuff to the pros, please. I prefer someone fully trained and experienced that actually knows what they are doing.

[@dan428]

i'm sure they had someone on hand to respond to the pilots and make sure everything was in check

[@sailorman8668]

It was only a simulator where he was talking - you didn't actually realise that?

[@nickinportland]

Somebody needs to confirm they got that access card back from Matt Lauer. He be creepin.

[@unsignedmusic]

Nobody CAN get hurt in a simulator.

[@unsignedmusic]

***** no

[@thomasmataloa]

Josiah Beezer it's all digital, the planes are not Real in simulators

[@sauceislife8808]

@@thomasmataloa how do simulators work?

[@TheRailfanningBirdwatcher]

Yup there's Kennedy Steve 1:30. EDIT: 4:44, I would love to go right next to the active RWY, stay there and take some vids.

[@ehthrough]

A tower manager in the cab??? Haha

[@belindadixon3941]

Who else is gonna study this , future job, starting school September. Future air traffic controller ... Like plz

[@michaellake2359]

In initial training, 1984 in OKC at MMAC, I would get busted for that phraseology. 5 points if I remember correctly. A SEP was 15 and heartbreaking. The Tulsa Ulcer!

[@izzulsalihin7056]

I want to become an Air traffic controller but I'm getting nervous or scared everytime im thinking about it. I don't want anything bad happen cause if it happens, it's on me.

[@markuscraig7945]

Tbh this looks fun.

[@samirsarkar1857]

I love flight and pilot

[@TheAndokid1]

I'm sorry but I can't picture Matt Lauer doing this job successfully without having an accident because it's just to much responsibility especially at JFK.

[@TheAndokid1]

Damn if I had a job as an air traffic controller I would probably cause an accidents all day everyday cause its like clear to take off and land but not actually clear

[@chrisgast]

I know!!! I'm like, "why is he at JFK??? That's one of the busiest airports in the world!!!" He should be at a class Charlie instead of Bravo. But at least there was someone there with him in case he screwed it up.

[@TheAndokid1]

+chrisgast I know seriously but Atlanta is actually the busiest in the world but JFK is 3rd or 4th busiest in the country. It just doesn't make sense how they are clearing planes to land when they are like 8 miles out

[@chrisgast]

Jason Andolina Atlanta??? Really? Wow! I would have thought NYC had the busiest.

[@TheAndokid1]

+chrisgast yes me too but Atlanta is the Delta hub but I still thought LAX would be the busiest in the world