B777-200
Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 2
Confusion; Situational Awareness
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Procedure; Human Factors
Aircraft X inbound landing Runway 4R; followed immediately by Aircraft Y also landing Runway 4R. Very similar sounding call signs; including both being heavy aircraft. This creates a very unsafe situation; especially since both landing aircraft need to hold short of the inboard runway and one of the aircraft could have easily taken the crossing instruction for the other aircraft.Advise airlines of the situation so they might change accordingly.
JFK Tower Controller reported possible issues with similar sounding call sign aircraft on final.