The emergency declared by an American Airlines 767 crew landing at JFK on May 4, 2010, may have been unusual, but it might also represent a situation that's closer to "normal for JFK" than an emergency call might suggest. AVweb spoke this week to a JFK-based 13-year veteran American Airlines pilot and asked him to share his insights about operations, stresses, and pilot/controller interactions at JFK, and what -- if anything -- can be done to improve them.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/news/jfk-emergency-an-airline-pilots-perspective