All valid points...living only a mile from Kennedy and flying in and out every so often I do see this first hand.
Flying into and out of Islip I remember being 5 in the queue to land with my clearance 15 out. Looking in the regs over here it does mention that clearance to land simply implies adequate spacing is provided to all a/c..maybe this is why we are all cleared to land...In Europe, can anyone enlighten me what the regulatory meaning of 'cleared to land' is? Is it the same as here in the u.s.s.a
Woodpecker, I do believe that crash involved the Avianca 707 back in the early 90's.
Gentlemen, we must be careful. The U.S.S.A is listening