Originally Posted by
aterpster
Nonetheless failure to use available lateral guidance is a lot higher on the fault tree than any confusing lighting.
If all landings were to Cat 3b these incidents would not occur either is this a case where automation is safer than human pilots? While visual approaches are allowed setting up "confusing lighting" would appear to be a fundamental flight safety risk. Expectation of two lit runways led to the right hand runway and the taxiway being assumed to be the runways. Once that expectation is fulfilled it is difficult to correct. There are many antiquated ways of signalling on airports that need some human factors testing and psychological reassessment - or as you allude to, automate out the human error.