Originally Posted by
plasticpi
Is the requirement to contact ramp before getting to the ramp posted on the charts, atis, whatever, or is it just "tribal" knowledge? I've never flown into or out of JFK.
You usually call ramp on the ground to check the status of your gate. You fly in there a few times and you KNOW that ground is going to ask you the status of your gate, it's best to be prepared. But no, it's not written anywhere.
There are a lot of JFnKisms that you just pick up and do after flying in and out of there for a while.