On any given day a 777 captain is going to be considerably more intelligent & capable than anyone working the JFK Tower. If there’s any “bad piloting”, as Ben refers to it, then it’s up to the controller to use internationally standardised ATC terminology to ensure that their instructions have been clearly understood, like controllers would at Guarulhos, Bole, or Pudong. This clown failed to do so.
There was one other item missing from the summary. ATC said “2,000” and ElAl 7H went to 4,000. When he switched to TRACON(?) he said he was at 4,000 heading 130 and was not told to descend to 2,000.
Then when he called TWR again at 3,000 I’m…
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on One Mile at a Time.
