Love it when Steve says "Yes, plane"

@MarcDufresneosorusrex

6 жыл бұрын

what does GND mean stand for?

@chrisgeimke1371

6 жыл бұрын

Marc Dufresne Ground. AKA Kennedy Ground

@nlknok77

6 жыл бұрын

Heh, Kennedy Steve is a beast. Nice work on the backlog

@6teezkid

5 жыл бұрын

Daniel O'Brien - Was brilliant. Laughed mao! Ken/Steve sure is quick on the draw. 😂

@jacksycz

5 жыл бұрын

Ground... aka (Controller coordinating ground traffic at the airport you're at)

Always love when he copies the tug's transmission clarity.

@sarhtaq

6 жыл бұрын

I love the fact both parts usually understand each other clearly, despite the quality of transmission :)

@Hide.the.Salami

5 жыл бұрын

Especially that one, jesus... that instruction to go right alpha was all vowels.

@toemblem

5 жыл бұрын

That's a crack up.

@AussieVet

5 жыл бұрын

lmfao

@tonytheantony

5 жыл бұрын

I was having a good giggle, but right at the end were those tug Comms! Absolutely bloody hilarious! 🤣

7:12 😂😂 Random Plane: "Ground?" Ground: "Yes plane...?" I lost it, this dude is the best!

@brandoncaldwell95

4 жыл бұрын

Im not ATC, but do deal with emergency service radios. Kenedy Steve pretty much has made me through my radio traffic and phone calls. "Im not going to make your problem mine" is a new one. Ive this when a unit calls in but cuts out their identification number (i do know their voices but thats beside the point). Breaks up the monotony of "recieved, go ahead, unit call in". Entertainment. Especially when you can guid an officer without and give landmarks freaking them out.

@Astro95Media

2 жыл бұрын

There was another one where the pilot transmitted "Kennedy Ground" and Steve responded "Yes, Kennedy Plane?" Classic.

Can’t stop laughing how he copied the tug and the tug understood him too! I couldn’t hear any of it! 😂😀

@N0616JCProductions

4 жыл бұрын

I bet it's their inside joke.

@hallejohn

3 жыл бұрын

07:53 I've listend all the previous uploads, but here, Mr. Abraham outdid himself. I did not understand him for the first time, imitating a TUG driver. Bravo. Well done Kenney Steve.

@RobinHagg

3 жыл бұрын

It is their inside joke. He told.inna interview

@juliannechan7282

Жыл бұрын

@H89SA Are you actually Kennedy Steve? How could you possibly tell what he was saying?!! Even that tug guy sounded more clear 🤣

you can really notice once the coast gets clear and he starts cracking jokes again

"That's SO unimportant right now." SMACK!!!

I remember working the tower one day and the GA runway had a string of arrivals lined up and I couldn't get anyone out for a few minutes. At the same time a bunch of departures wanted to go. I told everyone to standby and I'd get back to them in a minute or two. I got things cleaned up and asked who was #1 at the runway. No body answered so I said someone had to be #1... A Cessna said they were #1 so I told him to taxi into position and hold. He came back and said he couldn't get around the Citation in front of him. I said we'll then I guess you're not #1 are you and his reply was.... Well no one else answered so I figured I would! 🙄🙄

@jbreezy101

5 жыл бұрын

ROFL!

@andreashutterer4740

5 жыл бұрын

They really ask who is first? Shouldn't the ATC have that information?

@jeffreysdavis

5 жыл бұрын

there's different stations. Ground is managing the movement to and from the runways, but another ATC is strictly clearing for departures, and yet another for arrivals. When they get backed up it's probably just easier to communicate with the pilots who each know their position, than to ask another ATC to find that one plane out of the dozen or so on their list every time

@jide7765

5 жыл бұрын

That Cessna pilot sounds like Chuck ;) www.chickenwingscomics.com/comics/oshkosh-approach-2/

@DesertStarr

4 жыл бұрын

what is or does citation mean?

BOOM Steve walks in, fixes the mess and walks out like a BOSS.. He is the OG of the JFK

@H89SA

8 жыл бұрын

+BigBlueMSP Veni. Vidi. Vici. :)

@unusualbydefault

6 жыл бұрын

my exact thoughts! BOOM like a fucking boss ^^

_"Ground?" - "Yes, plane?"_ We miss you, Steve. I'll be flying to and from JFK this december with KLM/Delta and I'll be sad to know you're not the one telling my pilots to monitor 123.9 :'(

Man, Steve just goes into BEAST MODE! Pushin' tin everywhere! Just amazing how he can keep all that straight with no mistakes and STILL crack jokes! Absolute legend!! 🙂

Loved the ending with the JetBlue Tug 😄

@mikeneal12

8 жыл бұрын

yes!!! :-D

@GhostHostMemories

8 жыл бұрын

garble garble barble

@VaelaarGaming

7 жыл бұрын

owenabz He's such a troll hahaha.

@stefanpetersson636

6 жыл бұрын

He always did this with the tugs

@12345fowler

5 жыл бұрын

Actually I wonder how he does that ? Just position the mic differently or change his voice ? That is freaking hilarious.

Ground? Yes, plane! :))))))))))

@7:13 "Ground? - Yes, plane?" xDDD

Love how intelligible the British Crews always sound, they're nearly universally clear and confident, a lot of the american pilots are mumbling into their beards

@donnafromnyc

2 жыл бұрын

The JetBlue pilots are uniformly professional. JFK major hub and HQ. The absolute worst is Turkish. Steve picks them clean. Even more so than Air China and Aeroflot.

You can tell when KS got swamped, he stopped joking around and tried moving traffic quickly, but still found time to mess with some of the Tugs lol. Great videos, and we appreciate your work H89SA

@ScottJackson117

4 жыл бұрын

It's a tug. You always mess with tugs.

@joshw1687

3 жыл бұрын

In the interview he did with Captain Joe he said tugs are are the bottom of his list of importance lol😂

"The ramp said they want us to move out." "That's nice. I really don't care what the ramp wants to do." Rare moment that KS could make the ramp's life miserable, for a change. Rather than the other way around most days.

I've no real interest in aviation other than flying to my holiday destination. However I discovered Kennedy Steve by accident. He is a classic man. Hats off to the ATCs and pilots. These men and women are amazing.

Just casually doing some jokes where anybody else would struggle to get anything moving... what a legend!

Steve speaks clearly and not too quickly. He was one of the few controllers i could easily understand even though I am German. Thank you, Steve!

I have always loved listening to Kennedy Steve but of all his great comments the one I love most is his response to "Ground?", "Plane?". LOVE it.

My god, this man should be enshrined as a national treasure.

"Yes plane?" and the Jetblue Tug XD Thanks for the videos man, they're awesome :D

@H89SA

8 жыл бұрын

+keokiracerhalsteren Thank you for watching! :)

@OriginalMrE

7 жыл бұрын

Steve always shits on the tugs. It's great.

@kennethjohnson9169

7 жыл бұрын

At the risk of sounding foolish, JUEBLU TUG1, that would be a pus back tractor?

@RedPuma90

7 жыл бұрын

yes tug = push back tractor. This one belongs to the company JetBlue. Steve shits on every tug except Delta Tug 2 which is his favorite tug.

@nicopoulosp

7 жыл бұрын

it's actually Delta Tug 4

I miss Kennedy Steve. I hope he's enjoying his well earned retirement.

7:52 Yes, exactly what I wanted xD Also the "Ground?" "Yes, plane?" Was hilarious

I would love to sit a shift with this guy. I've sat in towers before and really learned a lot, but this has to be one of the most situationally aware human beings I have ever heard on the radio. The guy is a freaking genius - and he has a sense of humor, something the FAA is not known for. The vids are wonderful ways to let down my stress of the day. Thanks!

I've only just begun watching these series of ATC with Steve, and I can't help but laugh at the snark he's constantly... CONSTANTLY showing the ground tugs! SUCH SNARK! xDD

I just pulled up a map of JFK airport and taxiways to get an idea of how and where each plane gets in line. This had to be something that evolved and wasn't planned. It's an insane layout for a busy airport.

It's like listening to a Bach sonata. Bravo Maestro, bravo!

GROUND? YES PLANE? Lmaoooooo I’m dead af.😂😂😂

"Not gonna make your problem my problem" xD Best one for me in this video. Especially since you can apply that one on just about anyone else, anywhere else xD

@joshw1687

3 жыл бұрын

I gotta use that line at work sometime

Enjoy your retirement, Steve. You're the boss!

GND: *consuming mic* JETBLEW TAWG WON, RAHGG AWH ALPHAW JetBlue T1: Right on ALPHA, JetBlue TUG1

@givmi_more_w9251

8 жыл бұрын

+Nasanieru has no name I totally died at this one. But I am impressed that the tug actually understood him, because I sure didn't XD

@nasanierulastname2997

8 жыл бұрын

I was impressed the TUG understood him. I heard "FOXTROT" and not "right on ALPHA" a few times

@anatoleh1

7 жыл бұрын

he did say FOXTROT lol

@beckyroy6519

7 жыл бұрын

That just freakin cracked me up.

and he still messes with the tugs, I love it! haha

I live in New York, I have been going to Kennedy for a long time, and I love this guy and your videos, I never knew how hard it was to be a ground controller until a couple of years ago in a simulator, I have huge respect for these guys handling hundreds of planes every day, they really do a great job

@H89SA

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for watching! :) Kennedy Steve is a special class.

Lol, how does he remember all of the things going on? Omg I couldn't do it. Steve does an amazing job, making it look easy. Good job Steve.

Amazing how Steve keeps everything organized!!

Nobody....absolutely NOBODY, was better than Kennedy Steve !!

Another battle in Kennedy Steve's eternal war with ramp control at 7:17

@davecrupel2817

6 жыл бұрын

AppealPlay the war rages on

@niceguy2171

6 жыл бұрын

The struggle is real, and I hear that is most busy airfields.

@kateym7836

6 жыл бұрын

AppealPlay n

@martintheiss743

5 жыл бұрын

why would you reject a plane and have it go back to the ramp

@thegardenofeatin5965

4 жыл бұрын

@@martintheiss743 Because 9.14*10^69 airplanes are already cluttering up the taxiway.

Steve is amazing. Full control of the situation no matter what happens.

love how he is still able to troll when dealing w heavy traffic

I do love when he does Yes Plane!

Kennedy Steve: making entertaining ATC recordings possible for our listening pleasure :) and of course YOU do such a good job coordinating the subtitles and sharing it with us!! Thanks a lot! I appreciate the hard work

@H89SA

8 жыл бұрын

+Canadian Plane Spotter Thank you very much! :)

@Rasscasse

Жыл бұрын

I heartily agree with your comment sir. 👍

@miketackabery7521

10 ай бұрын

Me too!

Love the way he muffles his voice at the end speaking back to the tug! So funny lol xx

Sometimes when you fly they let you listen to the traffic radio. At JFK I would want to listen in to the ground frequency just to hear this guy. Friggin awesome.

God, I love this dude. He's like the Don Rickles of ATC

I'm dying the way he talked to the tugs.

KS is doing one of the most demanding job in the world ,but he almost makes us forget how stressfull it must be . :)

One of these days God is going to bless use all with a tug with a hot mic after Steve blows them up!!!!

I've been listening to these videos pretty much non-stop for the past day and a half, and while an inside look is always a learning experience, this explains so much about the why and how delays happen that I couldn't even be annoyed the next time I have to sit on the tarmac for a spell.

Love the mimicking the tug at the end! Nicely done Steve.

Classic!!! Garbled drhet blah tugun go ri pha garbla Meaning: (GND: Jetblue tug 1, go right Alpha)

WHOA WAY HOLD UP how the HELL did Jetblue Tug 1 understand Steve's instruction to go on Alpha? Even I couldn't make THAT out....nice work my friend :o)

@Chapali9a

8 жыл бұрын

+Andy Mooring the sounds on their headphones are clear of noise, unlike the one we hear here on the videos.

@railwayman100

8 жыл бұрын

+Boutazzout Samir that's true but then they are used to Steve's voice even when distorted.

@H89SA

8 жыл бұрын

+Andy Mooring Thank you Andy! :)

@jbreezy101

5 жыл бұрын

It may be clearer in real time than thru the archive. Steve does know that the tugs are barely readable sometimes and he adjusts accordingly

@rcslyman8929

4 жыл бұрын

Kennedy Steve speaks fluent Tug.

My father used to be an air traffic controller in the military. I remember a couple different times him being able to take us up to the top of the tower and watch the airplanes come in-and-out. What an amazing feeling it must be to be able to organize such a mass of craziness that can come in at 1 time . unfortunately Due to the fact that my father had been a crew chief prior to going to air traffic controller school. the towers Were unfortunately a badd choice because my dad's hearing loss from being a crew chief on AC130 made it impossible for him to be able to hear the calls coming in from the Aircraft. I know that was one of his favorite jobs was making sure that everybody got in safe. He was very disappointed that he had to choose a different career until he was too retire, 5 years later at 20 years of service. Unfortunately due to my dad's exposure to agent orange in Vietnam, my dad suffered 3 strokes back to back. He's 74 years old now and only has a few memories left since he developed early stages of alzheimers detected last summer. Here had gotten lost on the way too the grocery store. He is an amazing veteran and is just trying to survive. He's blessed to have my sister to look after him these days. Hopefully Steve you won't have to worry about those things interfering in you're life. Take care God's best to you. Deb

I am a CTC Tower Operator for KCS. I always tell people I am a ATC for trains. Steve is my idol and who I always wanna be at work. Unfortunately, any ass hat with a pulse can be a railroad engineer and so it is like talking to a 2x4 and expecting it to become plywood.

Hahaha, this man 🤣🙏 More of him please .. Have seen the most, just love the woice 🤣 so funny.. Greetings and love from Sweden ❤❤

Idk if i'm just tired because its 4am but that made me laugh more than it should have. Ground? Yes, Plane? 😂😂😂

Happy Monday !! Lmao !! With all your videos, Kennedy Steve will always be an aviation legend.... You'll never find another one one...... Also, he still needs a wiki page...... :) Stay safe, stay warm, fly safe and be well !! :)

If only controllers could do this with car traffic.

@mgoblue0970

7 жыл бұрын

A good start would be with slow drivers staying out of the left lane.

@Wolfeson28

6 жыл бұрын

"Toyota Tug 1, a little more youthful enthusiasm would be greatly appreciated, and if you could put away the cell phone, please."

@k1productions87

5 жыл бұрын

mgoblue0970 And then for dangerous speed demons to stop swerving back and forth in the slow lanes, barely missing my front bumper by inches. I know this because I felt my car SHAKE as he whooshed by.

OMG, i'm rolling on the floor at the end with the tug.

"Delta Tug 1, what do YOU need?"

always fun to hear him troll the tugs, lol

Wow! What a mind melting job. Kudos to all ATC and GND.

Lmaooo JetBlue tug 1 at the end there was perfect.

Kennedy Steve... the magician at making traffic jams disappear.

And this one is my favorite so far! Thank you for watching, thank you for being here, thank you for everything. 13000 subscribers - ✈✈✈ :) I'm exhausted, so please share this one! :)

@GhostHostMemories

8 жыл бұрын

indeed that was a great one. man he handled that traffic like it was his job :-)

@givmi_more_w9251

8 жыл бұрын

+H89SA You bet I share that, that was awesome, the ending was brillant!

@H89SA

8 жыл бұрын

+shades921 Haha! Thank you for watching! :)

@H89SA

8 жыл бұрын

+Courier6 Thank you very much! :)

@LPUrsLP

8 жыл бұрын

+H89SA awesome stuff, very nice to hear some longer tracks! Thanks for sharing this with us: :)

5:41 “We’re doing it.” 😂

Would love to see more of these rush hour videos, Kennedy Steve will be sorely missed when he retires *salute* keep up the great work!

@H89SA

8 жыл бұрын

+2004JETTA It takes too much time to edit, but I'll try to upload rush hour video maybe once in a month.

@garyd.7372

8 жыл бұрын

+H89SA - Whatever you can collect and upload, we'll watch and we'll enjoy. Thanks a lot!

@H89SA

8 жыл бұрын

Gary D. Thank you! :)

@xuploads

6 жыл бұрын

That day finally came last year on September 1st. He was given several recognitions and rewards for his work. One of, if not, the best ground/tower controllers in the history of ATC.

'What do you need?' ah KS and the Tug love story! thanks again

Oh i miss those days of frequent and new updates on our favorite controller. Hail to the King.

It was very good and I hope for more from Kennedy Steve.

@H89SA

8 жыл бұрын

+Jamie Lofthouse Thank you! :)

I know this is a couple of years old but I just had to comment. Listening to Steve call out for those wishing to taxi reminded me of being in a New York deli at lunch time. The deli guy takes 10 complicated orders at once without writing them but you know when you get yours it’s going to be correct.

I'm sure some pilots get angry at Kennedy Steve, but he's a hoot. I miss him. I hope he's enjoying his retirement!

How to work a pile-up :-) ham operators will understand what I mean...excellent!

@AaronRenner

6 жыл бұрын

Had to make my way through a few of those last weekend during the Field Day operations. N8ACR

the end totally cracks me up with he intentionally distorts his mic with JetBlue TUG1...this guys is INSANELY good at his job!! 😂👌

Do you reckon the tugs sit there cursing him as he makes them wait endlessly?

@DrJonez

8 жыл бұрын

No. Those dudes get paid by the hour and they're sitting down.

@xuploads

6 жыл бұрын

They aren't responsible for keeping things on schedule so I doubt they care. I feel bad for the regular tugs that don't have an enclosed driver's seat. I know that nowadays a lot of them do, and maybe they're all like that now at airports in the north like JFK, but I do know that non-enclosed ones are still used at airports in the south with warmer climates. If the weather's calm and warm obviously there's no issue but on days when it's raining... that has to suck.

@MrJaiimez

6 жыл бұрын

Not really there is a hierarchy or priorities at the airfield of what gets to move first they know they're at the bottom.

I almost spit my food out at the end with the tug. 😄😂 You should put a disclaimer not to be eating when watching a funny video.

@H89SA

8 жыл бұрын

+eblalgen Hahah! :D Thank you for watching! :)

@platemod8465

5 жыл бұрын

Thats exactly what keeps us coming back...

@Sarah.Riedel

4 жыл бұрын

I'm literally howling with laughter lol, "Well why don't you stay there and wait til you get your numbers and call me back, how's that?" 😂😂😂

I've been listening to these for a while now, i'm curious what Steve's work station looks like while he was working.

And here I am in April of 2024, literally laughing out loud at Steve's antics that would probably get any other controller disciplined. Thing is, we pilots "get" it, but non-aviators would probably not understand 1% of what makes Steve such a legend. To them it would surely sound like rapid-fire gibberish. I'm sure that if my family ever walked into the room and overheard Steve, and heard/saw me laughing at the things he was doing, they'd go, "Dang, Bob's really gone off the deep end now. Time to call Shady Pines!" God, I miss Steve.

@Tricia_K

3 ай бұрын

51 year old non-aviator here (who's yet to even fly as a passenger!) but a KS stan anyway😍😁

Ahhh...how I miss Kennedy Steve.

Ground? Yes, plane? Bwahahaha

He was great at the sarcasm and one liners. Brilliant

the clarity micky take on the tug at the end is hilarious.

this guy is a legend, give him a TV show. I wonder if he is aware of these videos and how popular he is

@not2day646

5 жыл бұрын

probably not. He's too busy trolling the tugs ;)

I think what really sells “Yes, plane?” is how chipper he is about it.

The way he makes fun of the tugs is so damn hilarious, he is exactly like me hahaha

I appreciate how he likes to mess with the TUGS lol

"Ground?" "Yes plane?"

He always trolled the tugs. Lololol.

I've listened to and/or seen a bunch of these, but this is probably the funniest so far!

Steve and his tug drivers. LOL. Thanks - Lumpy

Now that was an awesome gift for hanging in until the end. I just kept double tapping on the left and laughing.

I always loved him messing with the tugs feedback

You just gotta love when he trolls the tug drivers. :-) The one with the overly excited Delta Tug where Steve replies in the same hectic manner is pure gold, too (watch?v=FbqMqtzvv-g). :-)

I have absolutely no idea what any of these guys are saying, but it's certainly interesting to listen to. I didn't realise there was so much work just to get planes to move around the port, let alone get them into the air. I'll definitely keep it in mind next time I fly and there are a few delays 👌

@martintheiss743

5 жыл бұрын

complex equation. this guy just did monitoring of planes on taxi or gate service. essentially the main job is to push planes through the various stopping points like a radio stop signal and not to jam the system by telling enough planes at once to push off or start engines to be either expensive or congested or both.

@7:13 "Ground?" "Yes Plane!?" Gets me every time. LOL.

I live for the time Steve goes: "DELTA - TUG - ONE!!"

Kennedy Steve should get a radio award 👏

Incredible! Bet he could control aircraft in his sleep.

@lelandlewis7207

4 жыл бұрын

I bet he does control in his sleep. When I was writing computer programs I would dream code and sometimes fix a bug I was working on.

I love it when he matches the crappy transmissions. hahaha

Thanks for the great audio. The response to the last tug was priceless!!!!

@H89SA

8 жыл бұрын

+Greg Ellis Thank you! :)