Originally Posted by
tubby linton
You follow your employers rules so who gives a square root about other operators.A professional controller should know what a widebody is capable of and the gates operators have to operate to. The rest of the world certainly seem capable of managing it but a lot of US controllers think talking fast equates to skill and thus they are often very mediocre at controlling.
The suggestion was for a meeting between pilots and controllers. It is a very popular concept this side of the ocean.
ATC meeting with Operators to discuss aircraft performance/procedures/etc: Not a new idea, happening for ages in the US at airports large and small. Certainly not a concept limited to the other side of the ocean despite the belief in having pioneered everything that works.
JFK/NY TRACON: Been routinely handling 747s for 50 years this coming January. Departure point of first commercial 747 flight ever (Pan Am).
US Controllers being mediocre due to fast-talking and don't even know it, rest of the world is so much better at efficiently moving airborne metal: An amusing assessment for anyone who's operated in and out most of the rest of the world.
Fast-talking NY controllers: Bring your "A" game. Try to keep up. If asked a question by ATC, try just answering it before transmitting a dissertation that doesn't.
BA pilot in love with the sound of his own "radio voice" chewing-up the freq, gonna 'splain to the American ATC girl about her own FAA-approved procedures: Not entirely unpredictable, yet still comedy gold.