Originally Posted by
Hrkdrivr
I'm not NY-based and glad about that for sure...last rotation I had to go through JFK and LGA. Everything you've written about them is true!
I'm a relatively new captain and I've found that a good FO can make the LGA experience relatively painless. I've started asking FOs if they're comfortable with the LGA procedure and giving them a quick brief on the peculiarities if they haven't had prior experience.
I suppose this is old news to more experienced captains, but I sure had a rude awakening the first time we landed and it became evident that the FO wasn't ready for the process. Lesson learned on my part.