ATC - "A tough day at JFK Tower" - Visualization

++ NOTE: I DO NOT GUARANTEE FOR A CORRECT VISUALIZATION OF CERTAIN EVENTS. I SIMPLY GIVE A SMALL OVERVIEW OF WHAT IN MY UNDERSTANDING HAPPENED THAT DAY - PLEASE DO NOT COMMENT WRONG DISPLAY - I WON'T RE-DO THE VIDEO ++ Thanks -- ALSO: I know there are some mistakes, but this video took me 27 hours of time to make it - SHIT HAPPENS ;)
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[@Wolfeson28]

That third one was hilarious. Every time he thinks he's figured out who and where everybody is, another wild Jetblue appears!

[@MMAteenager]

Wolfeson28 cool how once he figured out where everyone was it all clicked and he had them moving.

[@soccerguy2433]

we need ADS-B on the ground

[@zazzmatazz7699]

There is ADS-B on the ground, it's called ASDE-X, which is now at JFK. Hurray!

[@Stefanthenautilus]

I hope he did finally make it to duty-free in the end.

[@Aurelian159]

Jetblue cause ATC become angry

[@whirltech8031]

"You can't just do... you can't just do that..." *sigh* -- Classic!

[@doctordark3527]

whirl tech leeeeeroyyyyyy jeeeeeennnnnkiiiinnnssss

[@reynirheidbergstefansson2343]

Controller (off-mike): "I'm surrounded by JetBlues!"

[@Coldstreamer17]

"*sigh* this... you can't.... yah right..." that's the most NY statement I've ever heard (as someone from the area).

[@daveatqsr]

I was on my first solo cross country flying into Ottawa Int. My biggest concern was not screwing up on the radio. When I radioed in 30 miles out, the controller responded, not with the normal, but simply stated: "Delta, November, Alpha, squak ident." I did and he instructed me to descend to 2000 at a heading of 30 degrees, to which I followed. Seconds later, he blurted out about 8 separate instructions to the major airliners on approach. Before anyone could confirm their individual instructions, he came back on and stated: "Sorry guys, that's not going to work. Give me a sec." Yes, we all got in safely with new instructions. These guys in less than one hour were the equivalency of 8 hours of hard labour and they will not put you in a dangerous situation. My hat is off to all of them whether approach, departure or ground.

[@ashleyricci5278]

I wanted to cheer when he got everyone in a line and on their way. Level completed. Round 2!

[@jpatnaude19]

+Ashley isAwesome This is by far the best comment I have found on KZbin! LOL

[@HalukTarcanht]

+Ashley isAwesome I don't want to sound like advertising but there is a very good mobile atc game in which you get to do this kind of stuff.

[@ashleyricci5278]

Lol, too stressful!

[@2011blueman]

"Jesus Jetblue" sums it up pretty well.

[@303KLUTCH]

"you guys should really come up here and do this one day." Greatest line ever from controller

[@CZSurfrider]

The guys cracking up in the background.. "You're unable to do everything on that plane of yours sir.." Priceless.

[@stephenmilligan6709]

At first I was thinking this guy's an idiot then he sits silent for a minute and boom gets the entire line moving without incident and my draw basically dropped.

[@boahneelassmal]

"Bravo short of victor" "Yeah.... right" "..." "wh- who is bravo short of victor?!!? o.O" gets me every time...

[@foundedinbucks]

Someone should make a TV show outta these. Brilliant/hilarious to watch, and massive respect for ATC, they really do have a tough time :P

[@FSVectors]

+FleeC Thanks for the compliment and even more for watching!

[@darwincity]

+Octen HBO could, realistically, do that... I am sure it would place well on a Friday evening...

[@tychothefriendlymonolith]

Americas Next Top ATC. 15 Contestants battle it out to see who gets the chance of a lifetime...

[@Elkatook666]

replying to a 2 year old comment. you could watch Pushing Tin, great movie about ATC

[@tommytheswammi7000]

Octen check out F is for Family

[@RealRunner7]

10:20 and you're where, and you're what, short of who?

[@Chainspike101]

JFK is such a disaster

[@tankmaster1018]

Haha damnit JetBlue! "You just can't.... you just can't do that!" lol. I love how the ATC guy said that. He sounded like he was in disbelief.

[@retabiyo]

I admire this guy so much, so much patience, its not easy to deal with so many planes at the same time, let alone all those distracted pilots who dont follow instructions and thus creating a complete mess.. I am an ATC at a small airdrome and I do sometimes get stressed by way fewer planes , but jfk is another level

[@davemitchell116]

At JFK it's never IDLE and always WILD.

[@spicyweasel]

ATC job looks damn tough! Especially in such a busy airport!

[@nathanmcguire932]

I love this pun lol

[@Chairman7w]

I see what you did there.

[@davidLw15]

Nice to know that a few of us remember when JFK was once both, "Idle and Wild" (Idlewild). Thanks for the memories!

[@officergregorystevens5765]

There aren't even a couple hours in the wee AM hours where it's n ot that busy? Wow

[@embrj1453]

If this guy quit his job he could definitely do a gig as Voice Over for Peter Griffin...

[@Threshingfloor814]

You must be from the south. Southerners have a tough time distinguishing NY accents from New England accents.

[@binkymagnus]

Whenever I think I’m having a bad day I listen to this

[@jinx7609]

Actually this was probably a regular day for ATC at JFK pre pandemic. Especially during peak times, when all airlines were trying to have a flight leave at 6pm.

[@mark031363]

This controller knows his shit.

[@airwipe1639]

GND: Follow the Hawker DAL929: Ok, Well... the hawker is two planes in front of us. GND: Great.

[@mattderynioski1434]

Seeing #3 clear out like that was absolutely incredible. Massive props to this dude

[@zakman246]

LOL "Air France 011 Heavy if you wanna push in the alleyway that's.... call your ramp for that".

[@robertfleming9825]

That ground controller really had a BAAAAAAAAAD Day

[@Species-rj9si]

I had a close friend who was a controller. No joke, he died of vocal chord cancer. Now I see why.

[@FSVectors]

If that is true I am very sorry for your loss! It always hits the best people out there.

[@Species-rj9si]

His name was Josh and he was a member of my church. I miss him dearly.

[@FSVectors]

There's a saying for pilots: "They don't die, they just fly higher". I once overheard a friend (ATC) say: "We don't die either, we just control upper airspace". May your friend rest in peace, Sir.

[@officergregorystevens5765]

Sorry for your loss, too. He wasn't a smoker sir? I know you can get cancer virtually in any tissue or even bone area of the body, but that one sounds about as rare as ear cancer. Sad

[@DeusSalis]

​@@FSVectors 😭

[@tomski787]

We don't need your disclaimer, thank you. You've done a helluva job and everyone who knows anything about airplanes understands that shit does, indeed, happen all too often!

[@FSVectors]

+Tom Foyle Thank you very much for watching!

[@DeviantMittens]

i know im late as fuck but i actually like the visual representation. I makes things so much better

[@ziggamon]

Man I'm too ADD for being an air traffic controller... I'll probably have planes crashing into each other, forgetting a plane still in a holding pattern and crashing because he ran out of fuel 😂😂

[@HelepodGTech]

Wow, this video is amazing! I've listened to this ATC conversations before but having the visualizations make it so much more clearer. I think you did a great job, are you considering making any more of these?

[@alisher1984]

Steve Abrams would've cleared this clusterfuck in a heartbeat!

[@JusticeSevenfold]

Steve Abraham, but yea!

[@jackjones6800]

So would Trump!!

[@relaxed70]

Yup he would lol

[@relaxed70]

Steve that is lol

[@stevenyau2443]

the clusterfuck would never have happened if steve was the controller

[@hziebicki]

Make more of these with some other funny ATC conversations... This kinda visualisation with the captions AND a map is epic and helps when learning to understand ATC language :D...

[@Crowe24601]

I pissed myself :') I love this controller, the Jetblue 1069 first transmission "guys this takes so much energy" omg love thisss

[@georgespanish]

The visual representation works wonderfully! With it and the subtitles, it's much easier to understand the situation!

[@robynrusso-cuppari6919]

This controller is hysterical and I love his New York accent! He does an amazing job with professionalism, sarcasm and humor! Does anyone know this guys name? He should have is own KZbin channel.

[@xXBl4ckB3ltXx]

XD the frustration in the controller's voice is so funny.

[@sk8erboi66ericko]

The ATC-Ground kinda speaks like Petter Griffin.

[@gaylakillinger8335]

Well it is the northeast

[@daveluttinen2547]

When in flight training I was permitted time in the BFI tower to watch the proceedings - and later knew someone who worked at Seattle Center and had a first class tour of the place. Controllers are superb folks (99.9%) who manage a herd of cats with aplomb. Well done. I enjoyed this clip - it is nice to see the map.

[@mikeelp23]

Anyone know of similar videos with the visual of planes taxiing? REALLY ENJOYED THIS VIDEO & WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE!! Lots of respect to the ATC's out there.

[@FSVectors]

Thank you very much sir! I would do something like this again if I find some ATC recording that has so much chaos in it that it needs to be kinda "splitted" and needs a visualization. Thanks a lot,though! :)

[@mikeelp23]

No thank you! Really appreciated the effort to make the video! :-) Been watching (listening) to videos of ATC for the past few days(In bed with the flu) & this really helped understand what was happening visually. I've been using airport diagrams from the FAA website to figure out some of the more complex videos & its a pain.

[@FSVectors]

yeah thats kinda how i ended up doing that video :D was listening to it, in bed, sick :D but got up and worked a bit and as the vid was finished i was okay again :D

[@12345fowler]

The all time best lines : ATC : Delta 929 just follow the Hawker, (just when he tought he would have clarified the whole mess), and then the Delta 929 says : OK, well the Hawker is 2 planes in front of us... cracks me up every time even after 20 years or so :-)

[@sentient02970]

Cats everywhere, begin herding NOW!

[@FSVectors]

Thank everyone for almost a 70000!

[@Rax135]

87.284 :D

[@RealRunner7]

Thanks for gathering these, adding transcript, and planes on diagram. That was a lot of work. This is so funny because it is real. Nice that the controller plays the hand he is dealt and keeps the planes moving safely.

[@dylanlloyd3952]

You definitely should do more of these!! Loved it!!

[@348frank348]

200,000 now

[@348frank348]

200,000 now

[@Dutch650]

was listening to this just yesterday but with this on screen it makes a bit more sence, thanks for that!

[@FSVectors]

glad you liked it!

[@Dutch650]

sure did. the conversations are great to follow but with the view on it ads to the thing, again great job.. hope to see more, allthough it's a hell of a job to make it ;)

[@FSVectors]

it is, you're right :)

[@jonb6937]

You can’t just… you can’t just do that… 😢😂

[@hawthornroot]

wow. ive listened to this convo before & seeing the runway made it so much better. to actually "see" the planes & how the ATC sees them is aaaaaaahmazing! thnk u very much for sharing!

[@FSVectors]

thank YOU for watching!

[@hakz07]

i randomly thought about this the other day YEARS after I saw it last, had to find it again hahaha

[@charlieabbot3649]

Man, talk about a pressure cooker. Good job guys.

[@nicholas8400]

jetblue everywhere

[@vidcritic8755]

Love the way this is presented. as someone who only flies out of small regional fields it's a helpful learning tool for American procedures and int. airport charts :) subbed

[@pete84101]

Makes me wonder what was being said when my flight arrived early, gate was not yet available, then the plane broke at the gate. We got moved twice on the tarmac before a new gate was assigned.

[@Aurelian159]

Actually Jetblue 35 was on Bravo short of Victor not Victor-Alpha, and thats why the controller went angry lol

[@MichaelCarrPilot]

This.....this right here. This is a nice visualization!!

[@gregorylu]

That 3rd issue was nuts. Props to that guy for managing to clear everything up. those jetblues got him all fumbling them trying to figure out who's where and what.

[@francotheodor6598]

Thanks for all the effort you put into this.

[@calpal9871]

Great idea and project! It was great to see a visualization of the mess.

[@philismenko]

I appreciate these simple yet helpful visualizations of the situation

[@frollard]

That is frustratingly hard to watch. I don't know better other than situational awareness - asking for so many repeats is a big problem.

[@meredithchapman2009]

I love the visuals. I can understand this better would love to see more like this.

[@corbinbuesch289]

Wow these are great!! Please post more like this.

[@Lancaster7]

Excellent job with the visualization, very entertaining to watch, good job.

[@PascalBrax]

this was really awesome! please do more!

[@Nog311]

Great to see where the aircraft are and where they are going.

[@relaxed70]

Awesome with the visuals, thank you sir )) Subscribed.

[@georgemorley1029]

“Ya fallowed da embry-AIR?”

[@kylecormier9930]

I love that controller, funny and professional.

[@Jednet1]

Such a good job thank you! Always have a map on other monitor, this kicks ass! Makes JFK automatic to listen to=)

[@michmart9261]

Oh I absolutelly loved this simulation, could you please do more of them

[@lucase.2546]

amazing. great visualization too

[@floopy312]

amazing video, thanks for sharing

[@jonb6937]

I was just saying, I wish someone could do a live diagram of everything moving! you should do more! 👏🏾

[@MeishaAthma]

Watching this one with the illustrations takes it to another level. A real `reality show' waiting to happen :-)

[@Anvanho]

Wow! Amazing video! Can't believe what it must be like to be a controller!

[@unrestrictedclimb]

awesome visualization bro. good vid thanks

[@mattsunny]

Thanks man.. i saw the atc of this before..and this really helped me.. I'm just starting out..:)

[@derryckl4378]

THANKS for the visualization. I understand a lot better now.

[@denisefuentes1352]

Derryck L

[@mikef6307]

Good job, I worked 20 years doing airfield maintenance so I have a great deal of respect for controllers...

[@MDbam]

I love this controller.

[@patriciahall8506]

I love this!

[@andreas.charalambides]

Very good video thank you

[@fortresstheband]

Wow... Great job with the graphics.

[@Anvanho]

Jeez! I could never do that job! I thought automobile traffic was bad! This is crazy! Amazing job the ATC guy did!

[@daveluttinen2547]

Definitely thumbs up for entertainment and educational value.

[@RacerPaul15]

Someone 'Lost the Picture' ! I have worked JFK Ground Control when I was an Air Traffic Controller in the 80's. THE most difficult ATC position to learn in the FAA!....

[@Dracsy]

My favorite controller!! I hope he never change his job :)

[@baz6128]

I actually really enjoyed this. Pity there aren't more...

[@JIMJAMSC]

Mid 90s on Dixie KATL a Delta heavy told ground that Delta has a schedule and ask the Fokker F-28 in front if he could stop riding his brakes. The F-28 has a speed brake mounted on the tail. The Fokker opened the speedbrake/clamshell and made a farting noise. It was dead silence and then then ground could not keep his composure.

[@Flyspotter19]

Omg, this ATC is awesome! '' you guys should come up here one day'' awesome said! it must be pretty stressed working as an atc there! Awesome work m8! Please do more of this! Really enjoyed! Good job! Welcome back btw! ;)

[@michaelachhammer9600]

He also did a good job when he was working with Cactus 1549.

[@joshuacap930]

Nice video, great job.

[@sharpfang]

Imagine playing Tetris over the radio, you don't see the board, don't see the blocks, with several blocks falling at once, and they sometimes mishear what you tell them to do, or do things out of their own initiative.

[@CanadaRulez4Ever]

thank you for the video, I finally understood those letters :)

[@robertpearse6472]

Bloody good job man. Well done!

[@FSVectors]

+Robert Pearse Thank you Robert!

[@kilosolutions]

thanks a lot

[@Fernando-du5uj]

HOLY CRAP! GREAT JOB WITH VISUALIZATION !!! ²

[@peetey897]

This is amazing/terrifying!

[@gevers1]

This is one of my favourite clips of all time, but genuine question (not an ATC!) - why/what is it about JB1069 and 808BL jumping the queue that throws literally everything out of whack? Could they not just continue on as before?

[@gustavlantz]

Awesome video!

[@HDTokyoAviation]

Kind of worries me going into JFK...

[@mindchime]

Nothing to worry about, except DELAYS! Arrival and departure delays if your flight is any time after 12ish. Nothing unsafe here, just a traffic jam he has problems getting resolved when 10 planes depart at the same time.

[@KuiperShaina]

ATC has their shit together, it's just a very stressful job due to the aircraft load. JFK has never had a very serious incident, not recently anyway.

[@garethaskew-hargreaves6549]

***** Depends how you define recent. Remember the Lufthansa and Egypt Air incident in 2011?

[@baseballhero777]

Listening to this stresses me out

[@1098234567]

My brain almost exploded just trying to figure out how they figure out what the hell to do.

[@AndersMagrioteli]

I would have a heart stop after 20 seconds. After 25 I would have a stroke. After 30 secs I would be dead. Amazingly cool despite a controlled chaos.

[@LadyTarasque]

6:25 I love how ATC's so befuddled that he didn't even finish saying "Aitalia" 10:32 x3 JetBlue's "eh??????" when ATC asked for callsign.. wonder how ATC forgot so fast lol The ATC sounds pretty exasperated but still kept his calm.. with a bit of humor.. no Kennedy Steve, but still better than others o-o

[@tonyrowland7065]

This makes me glad i fly out of a mid size airport in oregon. Just looked at the chart for JFK. Going to have nightmares tonight.