Having landed at JFK after 15 hours...looking out to the right into a sea of lights, darkness and rain and spotting what might be an aircraft rolling 1-2kms distance away means I have to rely on ATC & my FO...."LOOKING OUT THE F@$!ING WINDOW"......yes it's done.....but it ain't the magic elixir you're selling.
Someone mentioned earlier....removing the requirement to contact ramp on box 2 would be a step in the right direction.
Get the port authority to give the gate info directly to ATC would be one less distraction after landing.
At the very least ATC might delay the gate info request from us until after crossing an active runway.
Here's hoping any lessons learnt result in positive changes to JFK ATC.