Originally Posted by
itsnotthatbloodyhard
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What’s the ultimate aim here? Is it for pilots to prove themselves worthy by rising to the special challenge posed by NY controllers? Or for ATC to facilitate the safe and efficient arrival of aircraft? Because if it’s the latter, I’m not sure that high-speed, often non-standard transmissions (with a bit of attitude thrown in for good measure) really help.
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This. I don‘t do long haul and just know NY ATC from the live feeds, but what I‘ve been hearing there was partially shocking, especially with respect to treating crews whose first language apparently isn‘t (American) English. Almost as if they were proud of creating a certain apprehension for crews flying into JFK.
I do understand that the NY airports are a high volume traffic and hence high stress environment, but some things are just over the top.