KJFK is large and busy but so is EGLL, and EGKK is busy, yet the controllers are calm and clear. Ditto LFPG and EHAM, to name two other large airports.
Some US controllers talk as if their hair is on fire - like the lady on the tape from 3 mins in and the guy from about 10 mins - and I never really know if this is because they are stressed or are trying to impress someone. Indeed, they even abbreviate frequency readouts to “tower point one” or whatever to save time, but if they really need to speak so quickly, somebody needs to reorganise the way they operate the airfield.
In this case though Delta 300 is clearly heard being instructed to “hold short”, and he clearly reads back the hold short restriction.
Last edited by Uplinker; 14th Jan 2020 at 16:04.