Originally Posted by
fox niner
Jfk atc think they are doing a hell of a job, but in reality I regularly have “issues” with them. Too much chatter, too much non-standard RT. They snap at you, although operating in your WOCL, as if you are a beginner. Quite insulting really..
Dont have that experience anywhere else, not even in China.
The biggest issue I encounter at JFK is that the controllers almost never listen to what a pilot is saying back after a clearance.
Numerous times I hear a readback which is clearly wrong but there never is a correction until the airplane goes the wrong way.
To balance this, I had many times where I was impressed by a controller during the chaos of snow/storm, but if they just slow down a bit and listen if their instructions are actually recieved (correctly), things would be soooo much better.