We negotiated on the ground for an hour. Their alternative was either 7000 and
their routing, or come back tomorrow. They were not going to give me anything
else for any reason.


I'll add to this... that I brought this up at a WINGS safety meeting (meet with
the controllers) and they confirmed that that is the way they do business in
the NY area.

Jose

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