A B767-300 FLC FAILS TO MAKE THE REVISED ALT XING RESTR ON AN UNEXPECTED HOLD AT JENNO INTXN NEAR LVZ; PA.

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WE WERE ON COURSE (FLT PLAN RTE) AT FL370 IN VICINITY OF WILKES-BARRE VOR (LVZ). PREVIOUS CTLR HAD TOLD US TO KEEP OUR SPD UP. WITH NO WARNING; CURRENT CTLR TOLD US 'HOLD AS PUBLISHED AT JENNO INTXN; CROSS JENNO AT FL250.' THIS CAME AS A COMPLETE SURPRISE TO US AS JFK WAS RPTING CLR SKIES WITH GREATER THAN 10 MI VISIBILITY. I FOUND MYSELF DISTRACTED DURING THE CLRNC BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THE STAR (LENDY 4 INTO JFK) AT THE TIME TRYING TO ASCERTAIN THE HOLDING PATTERN; AS WE WERE FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE JENNO INTXN. INSTEAD OF BEGINNING AN IMMEDIATE DSCNT (WHICH WAS REQUIRED BY THE XING RESTR); I ASKED MY FO TO CONFIRM THE ALT CLRNC WITH THE CTLR. THIS TOOK SOME TIME AS HE WAS BUSY ISSUING HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS TO OTHER ACFT. IT ALSO APPEARED TO ME THAT I HAD MORE TIME TO DSND THAN WE ACTUALLY DID BECAUSE I HAD PROGRAMMED OUR EXPECTED XING RESTR (AT OR BELOW FL230 AT HARTY INTXN) INTO THE FMS AND THE TOP-OF-DSCNT POINT (T/D) FOR THAT RESTR SHOWED A FEW MI TO GO; AND I MISTOOK HOLDING AT JENNO FOR HARTY. MY DISPLAY LED ME TO BELIEVE I HAD MORE TIME TO GET DOWN THAN I ACTUALLY HAD. ONCE WE CONFIRMED THE ALT CLRNC WITH ATC; WE STARTED A MAX RATE DSCNT WITH FULL SPD BRAKES DEPLOYED. HOWEVER; IT BECAME OBVIOUS THAT WE COULD NOT MAKE THE RESTR AND WE NOTIFIED THE CTLR OF THIS FACT. HE WAS VERY TESTY AND SAID 'I GAVE YOU THAT RESTR FOR A REASON' BUT SAID NOTHING FURTHER. I BELIEVE THE CTLR COULD HAVE HELPED THE SIT BY FIRST ADVISING US THAT HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS WERE FORTHCOMING. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 489128: THE CAPT WAS FLYING AND HAD TO INPUT THE HOLDING INTO THE FMS AND DIDN'T' GET THE XING RESTR IN THE FMS. HE DID CHANGE THE ALT WINDOW ON THE CTL PANEL TO FL250. WE BOTH ACKNOWLEDGED THE FL250 AND POINTED TO THE WINDOW. 11 MI FROM JENNO I NOTICED WE WOULDN'T MAKE THE RESTR AND I POINTED THIS OUT. THE CTLR WAS IN A HURRY ON HIS COMMANDS AND WE SHOULD HAVE VERIFIED THE RESTR WAS IN THE FMS.