Originally Posted by
Uplinker
Ahem, I thought of it first ! see posts #25 and #39
However, as you say, at every other airport in the Northern hemisphere (I have ever operated to or from): Ground knows where my gate is without having to ask, and they send us the right way.
"But the company owns the ramp!". Guess what: nobody cares who owns the ramp.
And Northern Hemisphere? It's the entire world isn't it? If they can manage it in Mumbai, I'm pretty sure they can in New York too.