Originally Posted by
Eau de Boeing
Given that wind, I would much rather have been in a 380 than anything else.
And I would rather have another runway.
Have been to JFK a few times in both heavy Boeing and Airbus and 22L can be a bit of a trap sometimes. With southerly or westerly winds you get 22L, which is fine with the usual weather, but you also get it with gusty weather, tailwind, contaminated runway, windshear advisories and off the VORapproach. ATC doesn't know the difference for us. And sometimes it deteriorates in the time between checking in with approach and tower. Difficult to cancel an approach knowing you'll get "punished" for it with a delay but once in a while you find yourself thinking after the flight whether you should have continued it and 22L is often one of those..
And off course, I don't fly the 380..
But I do know the view approaching the end of 22L