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I don't agree that Americans who pronounce Katy as "Kady" are saying it incorrectly. They are just saying it in an American accent. I wouldn't say that Americans who pronounce "latter" as "ladder" and "kitty" as "kiddy" are incorrect, either. It's the American accent, and there is nothing inherently wrong with it.

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An American named Patty, who is used to hearing her name pronounced "Paddy", could go to Britain, hear it pronounced "Patty" with the T emphasized, and then say that the Britons are pronouncing it "incorrectly." I wouldn't support that, and I would think it was insulting. So it works the same way the other way around.