Originally Posted by
Uplinker
I realise you are joking, but I don't want 'drawl' I just want safe, clear instructions that I can understand and write down (in short-hand). But the speed of vocal delivery at JFK can prevent this, and is, I think, a safety issue; being at least twice the speed at LHR, AMS, even CDG !
Every time we flew into JFK, all three of the heavy crew were nervously ears-peeled to hopefully hear and understand the machine gun taxi instructions first time. Having to ask for a repeat was pointless, as the controller then got really pissed off and would speak even more quickly, as if s/he thought we were stupid.
By speaking so quickly, ATC cause
themselves problems and extra work. Slooooooow Dooooown a bit and give yourselves and everyone a break !
Agreed. The interesting thing for me was that in the immediate aftermath of the incident, the controller’s delivery was very measured and much more like what you get from ATC elsewhere. So it can be done.