I was about 30-ish in the LGA conga line back during the PATCO strike one morning. We on the outer watching a AA B727 with its flaps all the way to F40. A closer check noted two techs with flashlights looking at the flap tracks. Another noted, "American been in line so long, he's getting a C check." Not much good, except you get paid by the minute.

At least, they got rid of the ski jump on 13 and the ILS 4 finally has mins lower than 400-3/4. The FAA Flight Check DC-3 crashed there one night doing a ILS check. They refused to lower the mins for decades. Back then, it was common for the ATIS to play "300-2, wind 040/10, ILS 04". Planes would land like clockwork, the most cheated on ILS anywhere.

LGA has trash flying on the ramps, prison next door with a trash dump nearby.

GF