Originally Posted by
bm330
Yes, LHR and LGW also provide great ATC services but to call US third world? .... pompous perhaps?
US ATC expects professional pilots to be competent, proficient operators. If you pay attention to how some of the "questionable " Asian operators are handled in the US, you'll see that Cathay Pacific gets treated the same as most domestic airlines because traditionally, CX hired experience. If CNs are willing to sit and watch their 130hr Adelaide brushwingers butcher a visual, they can do the paperwork and soon enough, Cathay will be positive speed control from 100 miles back and 20 mile finals alongside most of our Asian counterparts.
I completely agree with the above, that performance from the CX crew was pathetic and embarrassing. Don't fly into a busy US airport and expect them to hold your hand, do exactly what you are told and do it without delay. And please spare me the excuses about the crew being tired after a 12 hour flight, if you can't do this job competently when you are tired than you are in the wrong occupation.