Originally Posted by
Hrkdrivr
In contrast to that situation, I think ATL probably has the best controllers in the world.
You gotta like it when you're clearing the inboard runway, waiting for a chance to call ground and they call you first, "Delta 123, taxi Lima to Ramp 4."
Or, even better, on an early Sunday afternoon, landed ATL 9R, cleared at N10, tower (9R) says, "Cross 9L at Dixie, join Lima to the ramp, stay with me."
Ehh, JFK does that all the time. Tower will tell you on clearing the runway, " Taxi to your gate, monitor ground." Same principle. They want you to keep rolling. Nothing torques off an ATL controller more than some jackwagon crossing the inboard and then coming to a crashing halt and blocking the three other planes behind them that were cleared to cross the runway.