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Are we all comfortable with the quality of the "slurred" ATC as AAL106 is cleared to taxi? I had to listen to it 3 times to actually decipher that 4Left is mentioned, and even then it's only knowing he said 4L that it is a bit clearer.
TBF we'd need to hear the original to judge if that was a factor but it sounds fairly normal for JFK (not that I go there anymore)
I think the one issue with the controller that appears to be a foul was that it appears (from the recording) that he didn't challenge the lack of runway assignment in the crew readback.
Other than that I'm afraid I am agree to some degree with ATC watcher's opening comment a few posts upthread and the comment very early on by a poster about the crew and expectation...