Ireland 105
do you understand that YOU are saying the American pilot landed on a closed runway? He didn't! I say again he DID NOT.
so a great deal of your initial comment is WRONG. WRONG!
please understand that Three One Left was closed and American requested and was cleared to land (after declaring emergency) on Three One Right. Do you understand, OVER?
AS to Radio work in the United States...it has evolved beyond the standard . As wisely mentioned above, There isn't enough time to do everything the way the BOOK says. There are too many planes.
A huge amount of time has been used on this forum to make clear the following:
1. if You go around or divert or are otherwise interrrupted in your landing at JFK, you might end up flying at low altitude for over 100 miles...and fuel might get tight.
2. ATC must be aware of the crosswind and other limits used by airlines and be ready to change runway configuration or other clever methods to deal with such things.
3. That, on occasion, a pilot will make good on his word. The pilot clearly stated that if he didn't get the runway he wanted, he would declare an emergency. He didn't get what he wanted and DECLARED an emergency and then dealt with the emergency . EVEN ATC understood after awhile and CLEARED HIM to land on Three One right.