I used to fly into JFK in the 90s , and the place scared the hell out of me , even after years of flying 3rd world . I think we all expect the great airports of the Western world to be amazing places to fly into , easy even , but JFK was weird in its gung-ho attitude , typified by its handling of the Concorde . I had a BIG RA event there in our 747 with a Shorts in front of us in heavy rain , no attempt to give us speeds to fly or any info regarding types etc . While we were sorting out the G/A in our -200 we were treated to repeated bleatings about us not reporting it etc . Subsequent reports of near-misses with go-arounds from 22 just missing departures from 13 have never surprised me - only the fact that YET again they have got away with it.
Murphys Law rules.