Originally Posted by
georgetg
Kudos to the AA crew.
JFK is notorious for "keeping things moving" and they won't be in the room when you're doing the carpet-dance.
Sure max demonstrated x-wind is not a limitation, but if you run off the runway because of a blown tire, guess what the Feds will do...
Don't end up like the crew with the fuel leak emergency that was denied a straight in in DFW because it was "inconvenient" for ATC and they ended up flying a downwind and final on fumes...
Cheers
George
In the lowly "Barbie-jet", max x-wind
is a limitation in my manuals. (They don't pay enough to play test pilot.)
This particular controller can be a bit cantankerous, but he's damn good at pushing tin. (I've heard him be a bit abrasive with non-English speakers who don't follow instructions while waiting in the conga-line). Kinda' surprised he didn't ask the nature of emergency, souls on-board, assistance/roll the trucks? etc. Not trying to excoriate the controller, (he was obviously busy moving people out of AA#2's way)...just surprising.