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"Peter R." wrote:

You need a landing reservation, which at the time we were actually
unable to get. My friend filed to Teterborough and then changed
destinations to JFK in the air. We were both surprised when that
actually worked, and my friend said so to the controller, who replied,
"No big deal, we like people coming in to JFK."

No sarcasm in the controller's voice? :-)

Not that either one of us noticed.

rg