Following the Lufty SFO Incident I dealt with a Child at JFK.
On handover to the tower controller the other morning at JFK International airport. The approach controller told me to call New York Tower on the appropriate frequency. I followed the instructions and called New York Tower. We received stone cold silence. I reconfirmed the frequency from my chart and noted that the tower callsign was in fact Kennedy Tower. Frequency was correct. Kennedy Tower call sign was used. This time we received a child like reply. " What do you want?" No identification.... Reported established on the ILS approach for 33R. The next reply was again unprofessional and childish. In 32 years of flying I have never experienced such unprofessional controlling.
New York/JFK controllers have a horrible reputation. Obviously the selection criteria for these controllers is substandard.