Rough Day For JFK Ground Control

At busy airports like JFK, things can get out of control fast when pilots don't follow directions.

[@Darthbelal]

I like this ATC, he's professional with just a touch of the New York attitude...

[@mnpopeye]

Tower makes mistakes too!! I know first hand--I have been given bad taxiway instructions more than once here at my airport job: But the fact is ATC and Ground controllers are very professional and have all my respect and admiration.

[@RellyOhBoy]

"....Youuuu....You cant just do that...."

[@dano94]

I like how the controller says " You guys should come up here one day, you would enjoy the show" 5 stars.

[@captainmorgan757]

It was humorous enough when ATC said that, but now that you mentioned if that was Peter Griffin took it to a higher level!! I can just imagine Peter standing in the control tower saying that! LOL

[@crunkteezy]

I love this one. I downloaded the audio onto my computer.

[@Kopihucky]

u cant.. just do.. u cant just do.... this takes so much energy

[@captainmorgan757]

"You guys should come up here one day; you'd enjoy the show!". -ATC ...classic!

[@FLjock01]

@plane63 Agreed - but nowhere in my comment did I say the ATC controller was responsible for safety. Nor, as a PIC, would I ever give that up.

[@StackableGoldMC]

6:15 "You guy should come up here one day." Ehhh I thought I was behind you....

[@siggileelewis]

Love those guys. They are doing the best they can!

[@Alwayzsmilin]

I can see why ATC is considered a high stress career! Much respect to them. "You guys should come up here one day, you'd enjoy it, you'd enjoy the show!" Classic

[@RobertGary1]

I hate having to call up for push back when you hear the ground controller is having a hard time.

[@ofer100000]

this guy is the best

[@nstamatiou]

Doesn't JFK have a ground radar or even paper strips? How can't he know whether the traffic is inbound or outbound?

[@L33tP1ckL]

Love this guy!

[@mandrakeiv]

Great controller!

[@abcd1to]

It is hard to give taxi info to all planes and it takes time so they let planes follow each other so it is easier but when something like this happens the system falls apart

[@bienhoa1966]

I am a retired airline pilot. I've flown into and out of JFK more times than I can remember. I've been in the control tower many times, and had controllers in my jump seat many times. The toughest job there, is ground control. There are so many taxiways, they go through the alphabet twice. Pull up the diagram of the airport, and you will understand.

[@OMHLL]

Looks like a busy day :D

[@mrAlokin84]

I would like to hear the rest of this transmission. Does anybody know where I can get it on liveATC?

[@Schoko98]

This would be awesome practice to keep track of the planes on an airport diagram.

[@blackcapi]

"You're unable to do everything sir, that plane of yours sir" hahahahaha!!!

[@bluetheta]

I now see the issues ATC has ESPECIALLY with inbound internation (non-english speakers). I alway though commerical pilots get "airport ground" training, so they know how to navigate the airports that they might serve (as regular or as a replacement).

[@CaptainSnarky]

Kudos to this guy for managing a ground like JFK!

[@reco217]

@Staldren lolll..yeah he was..am sure the turning radius and length of that aircraft posed the problem.

[@Staldren]

Was he referring to the size of the A340-600 at 2:51 ? Otherwise I think I didn't get it.

[@jerseydevil126]

so true

[@furtjager117]

@mrAlokin84 Its long gone, the only archive transmissions for 45 days.

[@frequentairbusflyer8]

Sounds like some pilots need to take some refresher courses on atc communications, just do what your told to do.

[@cdubois13]

You gotta love new yorkers.They tell it like it is.This guy can at least add a little humor and constructive critism(forgive me if I spelled that wrong).

[@ea90744]

5:46 - 6:26 lol..."aye you guys should come up here one day" lol

[@CubsFanJohn]

"Your unable to everything with that planes of yours sir, sir" HAHAHA!

[@nickgoering]

yea.. especially when the pilot says, say again 3 times :)

[@CR4ZYHOR5E]

1:15 - I thought the guy was going to cry.

[@metrocaptain]

2:52 ..you can't do anything, sir...that plane of yours. LOL Funny stuff. Wish the taxi diagram was clearer.

[@orion2peter]

sounds like a Bob Newheart sketch

[@rts9100]

Damn....Damn International Pilots don't follow directions!!!!

[@FLjock01]

@sundevilfan4 True, but only a small handful of major airports have the ASDE-X system. Normal radar is not effective below a certain altitude. Florida has 3 airports with ASDE-X: Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and Orlando. There are only 29 in the entire country. The rest of the major airports rely on pilots and controllers being precise, clear and accurate. All things considered with the shear volume of traffic and ground maneuvers in the US each day... the verbal system works exceptionally well.

[@VEE1r0tate]

THIS GUY IS GOOD!

[@BC-2]

can anyone fill me in on what "company traffic" means

[@oubrioko]

@ 6:55 JFK Ground: "Jetblue 144, you an inbound or an outbound?" Jetblue 144: "Inbound to Whiskey" JFK Ground: "I told you to go where you are?" Jetblue 144: "Exactly"

[@theVRpilot]

@40390576 We do have one, Its not meant to be "ground radar" but its meant to avoid collisions on runways with vehicles/planes that shouldn't be on the runway. do they have one? probably not. so he's doing a hell of a good job.

[@Skimmitar88]

Note you guys, this is probably one of THE MOST confusing Airports in the world lol

[@Jan07191]

"you are unable to do anything" haha XD

[@tbrett000]

you guys should come up here one day...hahaha

[@BlueSkiesStudios]

man, can't say I envy the workload that guy has

[@Hannoi]

To even work at JFK you need to be really good. Not every day can be perfect and in the end he solved it and he didn't endanger anything.

[@RellyOhBoy]

Is that Peter Griffin ? ?

[@Iceman2376]

I think that If I would have to become an ATC, It would probably be fun at times, but I'm sure that my head would explode If this ever happens, which I'm sure that It does on a regular basis, if people aren't doing what they are suppose to do.

[@silvio2164]

Wow

[@SpartanV295]

hey i heard this controller today for my check ride lol he moved to kisp

[@FLjock01]

I thought the controller did a nice job of keeping his cool (all things considered). This is stressful for everyone. I did get invited (as a private pilot) to the tower at a less busy airport. I sat quietly and watched... Things are a lot different from up there. I thought you'd be able to see things better... in fact it's just the opposite. I can see things from the left seat that these poor controllers can't. I have no idea how they do it at night!!

[@Almadani94]

You are able to do every thing ..... at 2:44 that was every funny

[@noelio67]

What is ICAO english please?

[@nitbot]

It's JFK ground, one of the hardest ground positions in the world.

[@Newwarbirdflyer]

wow, poor guy. he handled it well though

[@TheTraveler976]

he is from brooklyn

[@ViperKeeper2070]

2:33...is that someone belching?

[@smiley19912]

Iv'e had days like that, "NK435 your number 25 for taxi", (pilot) "say nature of delay". I wanted to through his flight strip in the trash.

[@Nackduck]

very nice controller :) To controll JFK ground u need much trianing and experiance

[@GixxerGuy]

who do you fly for? im a student pilot right noe

[@spudgungladiator]

so what happenede again?

[@JonnyGunsMcGuire]

Man, why is everyone keying over each other. lol I would not like to get into this. whew!

[@Susu986]

Yeah, respect for them, I like the guys humour :)

[@drdante1]

It wasn't his fault. If you actually listened a JBU a/c did something with out permission which resulted in the confusion up in the cab.

[@Spectacular66]

Hell no they don't, heh so much for working at one of the largest airports in the world!

[@redmustang03]

Those ATC's are the ones that keep the airways free because without them those planes would be crashing into each other and most of them wouldn't know what the hell is going on.

[@Sami76Bizerte]

Jesus Jet Blue Arrgh xD

[@nypete480]

He probably couldn't handle the traffic at JFK which is why I talk to him all the time now at ISP.

[@netlord]

jetblue just put out of order all the line...

[@connellrocraymond]

@TracyAndersonFoxhunt There's no one right or wrong so far as I can see, someone cut in ahead of jet blue 179 and he lost his rhythm. And rhythm is everything to these guys

[@TraumaJunkie21]

And I thought 911 dispatching was stressful

[@DAYDRUMMER]

Yeah bud, the amount of shit we go through with the money LOL.

[@crapper1]

ALL TRAFIC AVOID THAT IBERIA 340 LOL amazing one person can screw the whole thing up

[@kyCap222]

@anush10 hw is 200 ft in the air and can see 100 ft around the twr he cant see them!!!

[@comalley0130]

who the hell is criticizing this guy, screw you, believe it or not, its not the controller's fault the hawker felt like doing whatever he wanted 'oh, you cant go onto charlie, how nice' hahaha

[@harrier1231]

You talk slow in Chicago or JFK and you won't ever get the job done. You count on the 90% of those familiar to keep it moving, and work with the 10% that aren't familiar.

[@themilksnatcher]

it dosnt help that pilots are keying up their mics at the same time as him like at 2:24

[@nickgoering]

Actually my copy says FAAO... Order JO 7110.65S maybe your version is outdated or something.

[@4yall]

lol very very very very very very very very very very very veeeeeeery stressing :^O

[@anush10]

one thing for this guy....look out the window!!!! either that or this guy needs ASDEX ASAP

[@DAYDRUMMER]

Oh and this is only about 8 min. just think about doing this for about 2 hours. GEEEZZZ

[@Edvinkiki]

he speak´s like Peter Griffin from Family Guy.....New England accent :D

[@IanBrubaker]

he fix the problem without losing his mind like most JFK controlers.... kinda =/

[@hadeealhassanawi6413]

I am training for this position in 20 minutes in VATSIM. DAL_GND

[@bellyflopman]

^^agreed im a controller in training and ppl who don't know anything about atc should shut up lol...stuff does get confusing

[@dryamaka]

I love how people with no flying experience (I'm a pilot) leave unfair opinions when in fact most of you (if any) if NEVER been in this position before. You leave comments starting with 'I think' when you shouldn't be thinking ANYTHING since you;ve never been able to fairly understand what is experienced between pilots and controllers.

[@dryamaka]

report him? how about the pilots that didnt follow the controller's directions AS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO

[@etep31]

@techlogik "sh&t hours" no shifts are rotated "crappy pay" nope controllers are compensated way better than pilots and can move up in pay and seniority much faster than pilots (unless you like the right seat

[@johnnywane]

lmao poor guy. i feel sorry for him. bet he popped a couple advil after getting that mess cleaned up.

[@mikebravo01]

@zuluchicken Really????

[@youngestpilotinGa]

what a mess

[@737pilot7]

O god this guy is funny but i bet this job is very stressful

[@mrmaestrom]

Iberia, so I'm guessing he's Spanish.

[@rev4life03]

@tasesq and yet the US has the best safety record in the world? kthxbai.

[@LKHK76]

damn JFK ATC and their attutude and non-standard ICAO English

[@RellyOhBoy]

Yeah, that was some funny shit....lol

[@OmegaGenesis]

Easy to understand instructions. Not everything has to be exact phraseology. Read the FAAO 7110.65 before you talk crap about controllers.

[@RipFlm]

What a pain in the ass job haha