Originally Posted by
featheroleather
with all of EWR’s usual issues, wont having gates at JFK help with diversions etc, especially for widebodies?
I can't really see how. The likelihood of a diversion from EWR to JFK seems minuscule. Not only is JFK slot-constrained, but I'd expect EWR and JFK to have very similar conditions; if there are issues at EWR, there are probably issues at JFK also.