A BIT OF CHAOS at Kennedy Airport | Bad Weather Nightmare!

You can tell it's gonna be a long day when ATC says you can shut your engines down on the taxiway...

[@VASAviation]

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[@Cissy2cute]

Lots of negatives about Kennedy get posted, but usually when weather, bottlenecks etc. happen, these guys are right on it. They had only one runway available during a snow event and handled it very well. The largest line up and wait line I ever counted amounted to 23 planes waiting their turn. The ones at the end looked all jumbled up as control was trying to find spaces for them.

[@pkgreatshpkg8206]

Wow it’s great to see you are back 😀😀 did KZbin understood the channel now and grant the monetisation ????

[@TotallyDapper]

Is there an untrimmed version of this? Or is this just how JFK sounds all the time?

[@wolfwrcx]

I died laughing at that nonchalant ”Okay...” “Okay. You understand?” “Yeah, yeah, yeah” “Okay, yeah, you are... Okay.” Both like yeah whatever ...

[@SomeRandomGuy789]

Yeah

[@stephenhenley7452]

ATC Internal Monologue: What the ****?!? DUDE, Standard terminology!!! We don't have time for deciphering what the hell 'okay, okay, okay' means: "Okaaaay, yeah, you are..." ATC Rational brain: You know what he means, don't jam up the radio now. Now's not the time to call it out; we've got WAY bigger fish to fry. "...ok" MOVING ON!

[@OAlison]

man, i came to the comments just looking for this lol uehuehueheuheuheuheu yeah yeah yeah

[@UncleBoratagain]

The most pathetic and unprofessional RT from that driver (not a true pilot).

[@UncleBoratagain]

Wolf radiotelephony is designed to avoid any form of confusion.

[@EG-0611]

This is tower frequency. I can't even imagine ground frequency

[@frankpinmtl]

Would seem pretty simple to me, for that night: "Airline 1234, taxi to 22R , snug up to Airline 5678 and please shut down..." lol

[@aj3751]

AND this was during our construction!

[@nerysghemor5781]

You can. Not on THIS day necessarily but there's plenty of Kennedy Steve videos to hear about the typical traffic chaos at JFK (which is so NOT helped by the ramp). XD

[@MrMiD.Life.Crisis]

@@nerysghemor5781 I loved Steve's comments about the people at the ramp!

[@nerysghemor5781]

@@MrMiD.Life.Crisis Yeah. 🤣

[@techmantra4521]

"... you can shut down" *Sound of a million engines shutting down*

[@Q8Duelist]

Lol

[@davecrupel2817]

*EPA smiles maliciously*

[@notmenotme614]

“You can shut down” Buuuuuuuuuuwwwwwwwwwww

[@Cucumber_Dragon]

Ground crew: huh, what a nice day, no sounds whatsoever!

[@suckerberga]

747 likes, nice achievement.

[@1BergerVongSchlauigkeitHer]

Lots of passive aggressiveness, sounds like a fun day.

[@cornsomething]

behinderteleberwurst Sounds like every New Yorker I know lol

[@1992dmk]

I love it! Fellow NYer 😘

[@NPC_-mf4dw]

It's really just New York...

[@robindoulton7220]

Standard day in the twr at JFK

[@RockinTheDub]

Classic New Yorker

[@ZsomborZsombibi]

Best readback I've heard on freq at a busy airport, "Okay, (...) Yeah, yeah, yeah" ...w/o callsign.

[@steve1978ger]

callsign yeah-yeah-yeah say intentions

[@chillylizerd]

And at the end with TWR saying "... you ok?"

[@neglesaks]

Callsign Triple Yankee Mike Foxtrot Alpha.

[@jr13227]

Did I just hear that JetBlue pilot acknowledge a landing clearance by saying “ok”???

[@jawa6306]

RAY: Okay? Wait! stop! You said the two letters after the dash were Oscar-Kilo. ARCHER: Who? What? RAY: O.K.- Oscar-Kilo. ARCHER: No! "Okay"! Like, "Okay, now I'm gonna tell you what they are." RAY: Yeah, and then you didn't! ARCHER: I thought we skipped that part! RAY: Skipped a step in disarming a bomb. ARCHER: Yeah, which I thought was pretty irresponsible on your part! RAY: Why do you always do this? ARCHER: Why do you always not shut up? ARCHER/LANA: Ow. ARCHER: Stop. RAY: On the radio, when we answer in the affirmative, we say "roger." ARCHER: O-Roger. Sorry. Ray.

[@heyitsvos]

Caribbean 550 should have replied to landing clearance with “I heard you the first time” 🤣

[@FactsMatter]

"Tower, Caribbean 550, didn't think readback was required here because you didn't answer my last call"

[@RS-pq5mo]

Yeah I don't think I would have let that pass by...lolol..

[@matt_b...]

Tower was being an ass to caribbean 550!

[@JLB-eu3wk]

matt b tower is quite busy, as you can see. There si no need at all to spend any seco de of his precious time to say anything to him

[@FlightBaseGermany]

😂

[@yairoppenheim9672]

This makes me miss Kennedy Steve

[@ThePorkypete51]

6:00 The new Kennedy Steve?

[@georgekot6377]

@@ThePorkypete51 Ha Ha my thoughts EXACTLY. If you didn't make this comments I surely would have. Happy Holidays

[@aleccross3535]

Who's Kennedy Steve?

[@Runoratsu]

@@aleccross3535 If that's not a joke, use the youtube search, you're in for a treat.

[@georgekot6377]

@@aleccross3535 The best ATC controller (now retired) of all times. You can find clips on youtube. Look him up, sit back and enjoy.

[@conorcorrigan765]

"Are you cleared to the gate" is a question that seems to confound every non english-speaking pilot...

[@Deyan_B_Travels]

I think they just hear cleared to the gate in their minds.

[@simoncoley2094]

Because that expression is generally only used at some US airports.

[@OrbitalCookie]

Non-English mind responding to "Are you cleared to the gate?": Internal monologue: "Am I cleared-to-the-gate?" "Wait, why are they clearing the gates?" "Is it something special they do in this airport that I should know about?" "Anyways, I wasn't clearing them, I was just flying the plane" "Wait. Maybe they mean if the gate is free and available" "Maybe I should have called the gate and asked them to clear previous passengers or something" "Or maybe previous aircraft" "Maybe previous aircraft did not get the clearance" "Oooooooh, they mean CLEARANCE to the gate, welp"

[@leozerba]

I guess it contains the sentence "clear to the gate". Your brain is figuring out who tower is talking to and, when you realize it is you, you just hear the last part...

[@danielgates8056]

IKR

[@bobcrone6151]

Captain: “But I just started up” Twr: “Yeah well, I think she shuts down the same way, just kinda in reverse order? Anyhow...Just shut em down, boys”

[@BunnySk8rProductions]

Okay, yeah yeah yeah. Pretty sure that’s standard vocabulary

[@snowboard246]

That's JetBlue standard for ya lol

[@mitchellroberts7954]

ICAO standard ;)

[@melissajohnson2935]

20 years as a EMS dispatcher and I can confidently say that air traffic control is a job I could not do! And I have A LOT of experience with radio traffic and multi-tasking. Bless them is all I can say! And I'm glad that as a passenger, we mostly remain unaware of the cluster-fuckery around us..🙌😂

[@RetroJack]

Thank you for your service. 💖

[@CaptainHarukaDani]

"Delta 474 Caution on landing you have traffic all over the airport"

[@Neeeeeeeko]

Kyline Gudy kind a was

[@Baseballboss234]

"You better be ready." Hahaha 6:12

[@Q8Duelist]

"You promise"?

[@rodv92]

ah.. the stereotype of the spanish pilot going for la siesta while lined up.

[@Cissy2cute]

Kennedy Steve would have had a good time with this. No matter the situation, he always tried to put a funny spin on things when he could and still got the job done.

[@noahg4038]

Kennedy Steve would have a fucking field day with this

[@arnoldsherrill6305]

I wish Kennedy Steve was still working ground, he would have been epic in a situation like this to hear him at the top of his game, straightening out this mess would have been glorious

[@Cissy2cute]

@@arnoldsherrill6305 At least we can still enjoy him on YT. What a great guy. I'm sure a lot of pilots are still missing him too.

[@staystrong8966]

Oh god Steve would have either: 1. had it all cleared in 14 minutes or 2. had them pissing themselves laughing while they waited.

[@Cissy2cute]

@@staystrong8966 That was Steve's special talent. There was no one else who could make you laugh while giving you some instructions you really weren't all that thrilled with.

[@Loutral]

I dunno why but I can imagine AFP95 going like : "Alright if we don't get a goddamn ounce of communication, i'm going to head out of the tower and you're all gonna end up crashing into each other".

[@samitechcookie9758]

yeah

[@inactivefatimahgianna245]

The emojis made me laugh

[@VASAviation]

Nice to hear that )

[@inactivefatimahgianna245]

Needed a laugh anyways

[@isamyname]

They catch me every time

[@saxmanb777]

Shutting down engines on the taxiway was like every other day when I was based there. :)

[@Demonslayer20111]

They were sitting on runways dude.22 left and right were full of planes just sitting there

[@saxmanb777]

Demonslayer20111 I know. That’s happened to me too.

[@vojta4045]

@@saxmanb777 Are you a pilot?

[@saxmanb777]

@@vojta4045 yes

[@frankgrimesification]

True dat! I fly out of JFK regularly, and a decent percentage of my departures we taxi out on one engine because the conga line is so long.

[@Tywais]

The controller was out of line with the Caribbean pilot when he said he heard him the first time. The first time the pilot said he was about to establish ILS. Then later he stated he has now established. Not the same thing.

[@cityuser]

I'd say it's to let them know to keep the no. of messages down with that much traffic

[@seekerp67]

He would have said to keep radio traffic to a minimum. He was a smart ass to them and not only to them.

[@DysmasTheGoodThief]

seekerp67 you don’t have to tell people to keep it to a minimum it’s protocol

[@seekerp67]

I don't know why I even commented. What the hell do I know?

[@JLB-eu3wk]

As an ATC, and in that situation, I totally understand the controller. That information is totally irrelevant. If I don't say anything back, don't insist. Pilots should listen to the radio before they pushed and talk

[@Hubjeep]

6:53 That's a smooth/cool way to ask if they're is going to be a big delay without ruffling feathers!

[@Hubjeep]

Correction: *there

[@thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261]

@@Hubjeep can you please add some more replies to yourself in which you accuse yourself of being a "grammar nazi", and then accuse yourself of being a basement-dweller. thanks.

[@livewellwitheds6885]

@@thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261 yea lol

[@arnoldsherrill2259]

This is one of those situations where a member of the airport chaplain's office needs to be up in the tower in order to bless this mess

[@bryceleinan]

I thought it was to give last rites to smooth traffic flow.

[@livewellwitheds6885]

@@bryceleinan haha I like urs better

[@c.j.t1061]

Timelapse of that whole event would be EPIC...loads of work, but EPIC.

[@virginiaviola5097]

Lined up for departure at Tullamarine Melbourne, early evening, only one runway in use for arrivals and departures..was about 5 in the line, and out to the right as far as I could see was a line of lights of incoming flights..it was like watching a really well choreographed dance...with such precise timing, I wondered what would happen if the timing got stuffed up. The answer came a few years later when an aircraft was too slow in clearing the runway, which caused the incoming plane to make a go around, which in turn put him within 1km of another aircraft...it was a great piece of flying..by that pilot..who managed 3 big moments all at once...and 3 plane loads of people all got home safely for dinner.

[@rewolff2]

1986.... JFK... I was on the right side of the plane and could see the planes starting their takeoff run ahead and to our right, but we were getting closer and closer. When we had just a few hundred yards to go to.... the plane turned left and we could see a full 2 miles of airplanes lined up on the other runway....

[@Latabrine]

Pinky promise emoji had me 💀😂

[@fsxb757]

5:32 prompted thoughts of Air China 981 hahahahaha

[@ghstark]

I appreciate the impossible situation the controllers were in but still that last TWR controller was right on the line of unprofessional conduct with his repeated sarcastic calls. Pilots aren't just sitting there reading a book waiting to talk to ATC, they're very busy updating the company with important information that helps the company get the passengers to their final destination. Remember, many passengers have connecting flights they need to catch at the next stop.

[@moipaslui2924]

He was so condescending at the end with the Iberia pilot. It was so undeserved too.

[@para1324]

That ATC earned his money. Pilots also earned theirs. A Christmas bonus should be paid. That was multitasking big time.

[@PatrickdaSkater]

Still though safety has priotity over getting customers on a connecting flight, you can anyways only give certain 100% information about your new arrival time once you're in the air which means if you fly to madrid the ground offices still have 7-9 hours to adjust all the delays and handle them.

[@looseouttaturn2]

@@moipaslui2924 he was injecting a little sarcastic humor. Sometimes stressful situations you need to break the ice at some point. The Iberia pilots answer back shows they understood this!

[@gatechecked]

Meh didn't sound too rude. I'd have replied "pinky swear" haha

[@davidpoulin6961]

Thanks VASAviation. I really like the original content you add to the basic ATC recordings in the form of dynamic display, captions, and commentary. I learn a great about aviation from your videos.

[@bridgetnash2886]

Oh this ATC is hilarious. Love him! "We will, we will!" "Promise?"

[@staystrong8966]

That ATC trained with Steve. I’d bet a pay check on it.

[@MegaSyrous]

1:30 ATC: "OK, do you understand? JB: "Oh, yeah,yeahhhh, yeah...! 🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@jamessparks1684]

I love that this guy has fun with his job, while having tons of responsibility on his hands. Nice job!

[@sulosky]

Thank you so much for sharing these videos. I'm not a pilot nor working with traffic, but a deicer/ground controller. I just love this stuff and want to learn new everyday.

[@matttorres1]

1:23 Cant stop laughing

[@b3j8]

This Controller was the right amount of tough when necessary while also keeping things as light as possible. Enjoyed listening to him!

[@TXnine7nine]

So much sass in those NY controllers 😂

[@arayashikinoshaka]

I'd imagine sassyness is probably the best way they have to deal with the stress

[@zenobia675]

Are you guys forgetting these people in ATC are NEW YORKERS !!! 😂😂😂 I wouldn’t expect anything less from my hometown.

[@Seemashe]

Kennedy Steve is the man !!!!! He is just naturally gifted at this !!!

[@peterreynolds8340]

This can't be real. Tower is hilarious 🤣. I would be laughing my ass off hearing this!

[@icollectstories5702]

Those weren't run-ways, they were park-ways! ... Or any expressway at rush hour. Thanks for the graphics -- they really helped to explain the situation.

[@GrassDaddy]

I was stressed just listening to that lol

[@Studio23Media]

This has to be the most tense job in the world. Great job by the controller keeping everyone safe.

[@rapidcabin]

Thank you VASAviation. This is good fun to listen to

[@PilotAriel]

LOL jetBlue: “we have traffic departing in front of us” Tower: “Yea that’s pretty common” 🤣🤣

[@bestdjintown]

Aeroflot: I am on November Bravo! ATC: Yep.. Exactly my point!!

[@dpm-jt8rj]

I would love to be able to see the METAR and NOTAMS in the ATIS during this time frame. What a mess. ATC surely earned their nickel for the day!

[@michaelrogers1344]

And this is why I miss Kennedy Steve. He would have had so much fun with this.

[@ea7654]

JFK ATC never fail to humor us lol. Great upload keep them coming especially from JFK.

[@Uckertay]

This guy was probably trained, or, at the very least, worked with Kennedy Steve. Good stuff man!

[@RJSAMCRO]

I could of watched and listened to this for hours, JKF what an airport, I don't even think EWR could be that calm and relaxed with that much aircraft on two runways

[@boahneelassmal]

2:54 I would've laughed _hard_ if carribean would'Ve said "I heard you the first time"

[@NT28Gaming]

Honestly would love to see a longer video of this. Now this is really interesting stuff to watch and learn about

[@alexkyte4093]

You’re videos are always spot on! Thanks for all of the awesome uploads.

[@VASAviation]

Thank you Alex!

[@roflmagister5]

"we can get to hotel and maybe we can do something" (7:18) .... uhuh ;-)

[@barbaraanderson5231]

rm5 😂😂

[@nitehawk86]

Go to hotel and stay the night. :)

[@vaandor1]

"And let me know when you're there!" 😏

[@thetalesofdaneandco]

Fantastic video. Great editing, Kennedy providing great content as always, just very well done.

[@ladypalerider]

I'm sorry all the little planes packed into every inch of the tarmac like that made me burst out laughing it looks ridiculous 😂

[@AEMoreira81]

That day when 31R was closed and you had high winds straight down the 31s (winds are at 300 and the runway is at a 301 heading).

[@teytreet7358]

This phrase "are you cleared to the gate" always causes trouble. Should probably have it revised.

[@thomasdahl3083]

Yes, there is a language barrier as well. When they use non-standard expressions, it's harder for non-natives to capture the message at that high speed.

[@retepaskab]

Or tower should get that that information, not the pilot.

[@swingsloth]

"Gate clearance confirmation requested. Please confirm."

[@Dudeisthere]

@@thomasdahl3083 To be honest though, thats not exactly a difficult question.

[@Hedgy327]

@@Dudeisthere When you listen to the way the question is often posed it IS a difficult question because it's just not clear and, as the evidence frequently shows, easily open to misinterpretation. Admittedly less of a problem on the ground than in the air.

[@EstorilEm]

Saved Delta’s ass at the end there, wow... that was about to be a LONG day for a few hundred people if that didn’t happen (not just pax but all the gate agents, baggage, transfers, crew, etc)

[@gmccord1970]

As a private pilot with only 130 hours this is why I avoid class bravo airports like the plague.

[@toddgilbey3979]

Noo, you wanna get right in amongst that lot, throw yourself in the deeps end, you’ll be a better pilot for it 😂 (Not saying you’re not a good pilot already 👍)

[@mike89128]

Wonder if that Delta close to timing out took off in time, or had to return to terminal and face pissed off passengers, while a backup crew was found?

[@rylandnewby]

I know this is a year old but if they were 10 minutes from timing out they were probably arrivals waiting to get into the ramp. That 10 minute call was probably them being like "hey, we are legally obligated to get where we need to fast."

[@konzetsu6068]

@@rylandnewby nope, they were for departure, if they weren't off the ground within 10 min they wouldn't have enough worktime to make the rest of the flight.

[@Glideslopes]

Love these guys. ; )

[@douglasgarcia6242]

We willy, we willy, love the spaniards!!

[@bbgun061]

Wow. I was (a passenger) in a line with about 17 airplanes ahead of me at JFK a few years ago. We departed four hours late that day. Now I'm a pilot and will likely fly to JFK soon. I can't wait...

[@jpzv_old]

6:16 "Punch It on my call mister Sulu"

[@konstalamminen1941]

I remeber that day well. I was in swiss lx15 going to zürich and we was on the ground for 2 hours. It felt so stupid. Good video!

[@SixDasher]

"Go to Hotel and maybe we can do something." Oooh, kinky.

[@KuyaMoCeej]

Its very good that you're back!!!

[@Joeybagofdonuts76]

Steve retires and all hell breaks out.

[@whatever8282828]

I know nothing else is so famous as JFK chatter, but these wonderful maestros in the control towers are also comedians!

[@HomebaseLHR]

What a mess. 10/10 to all controllers keeping above the mess.

[@jiaxinjin]

Ha ha ha... Now, this situation is not a nightmare. It’s a gorgeous dream.

[@Madcapolo]

Absolutely loved the Iberia interaction

[@larsfreeburg1535]

We 2 or 3 tower controllers shuffling out every 40 minutes so we don’t see this level of stress. This guy here is close to hyperventilating

[@markbatarina4512]

Aeroflot pulled a air China on that gate question.

[@aris_nko]

4:55 Reminds me to Air China

[@WendyKS93]

Listening to this makes me miss Kennedy Steve.

[@james-p]

6:16 "Both the Romping and the Rolling lights are green, standing by! Iberia 6252."

[@SkyHighGuys]

I love these ATC transcripts 😂😂😂😂

[@tombchaser]

quite nice to see the destination next the plane names, noticed a AMS (The Netherlands, Schiphol). there is usually only 1 flight (sometimes 2) a day for each North-American airport they fly to/from, the flight lands in the morning and leaves a couple hours after.

[@romanza_28]

6:03 You must be ready to Gooooooo

[@liadyrivera4199]

I was at one of those planes, there where so many parked beside each other. My plane was Delta Airlines, and we where going to GSP, short flight, but at least we where first, and not flying at that time, it was a fun day. We where in Puerto Rico, and flew 4 hours for that, it was fun!!!

[@SPCNY88]

Ugh that’s a lot of them I saw them in my phone

[@adrianz6874]

4:00 Love that Russian accent!

[@viktorpetukhov727]

and spanish at 6:07

[@margaretmathis4775]

🤗 Loved the emojis!

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

Lol rip delta 747’s, but that was pretty funny when jfk twr said Delta 474 heavy

[@Hedgy327]

Love listening to the ATC people at JFK but wow - always with the attitude! OK, difficult circumstances but as I say, ALWAYS with the attitude.

[@officialspaceefrain]

Haha I love these!

[@MFQUEENS15]

1:30 I can’t stop laughing at this

[@pzpzpzpzpzpzpzpz]

Delta 2321 had 2 options at that time, go to HOTEL and think of something, or go to hotel.

[@vividthespis]

The emojis made my day.

[@Boodieman72]

So many controllers trying to be Kennedy Steve :)

[@Runoratsu]

You say that like it's a bad thing…

[@alanberickson]

Being Kennedy I was surprised that the first controller could be understood and didn't have an attitude but they fixed that right away didn't they.

[@sidneylopes3783]

The female atc was amazing, so clear speaking...

[@free_spirit1]

JB1901 ffs be professional! Yeah, yeah yeah... Okay? Thinks the whole airport revolves around him.

[@clayyosten2833]

It's pretty uncommon, I think, that you would clear somebody to land when there's arriving and departing traffic ahead. I think maybe that was the cofusion for him?

[@andyhui01]

That’s a valid concern but a sarcastic “okayy” isn’t the way to respond. On ATC frequency, that means nothing.

[@clayyosten2833]

@@andyhui01 For sure, I agree. That controller could totally have had a better attitude though, let's be honest.

[@mayalee2396]

I’m Sporean so to have a Spore Airline plane in the line up there sounds cool to hear😉👌🏻

[@magellanmax]

That was hilarious! 😅

[@davecrupel2817]

That airport is crammed with airplanes like tuna in a can. It needs some serious overhauling. Or the 2/3 nearby airports like Laguardia need to take more of the load.

[@blahblah7083]

Daniel Cannata last time I departed from LGA we were 20th in line to depart. We were on the ground for over an hour waiting to depart. It is congested at all 3 NYC airports.

[@elcastorgrande]

Where is Kennedy Steve? I know he's retired, but this is his kind of day. Steve Abraham was the best.