I have asked here why they do not install Ground Movement lights so that crews can "follow the greens...". The reply I got:
"we'd eliminate several positions by doing that, so it's a non-starter with the Controllers Union." Seriously. (He was a tower director at a major intl airport, chatting to our pilots at a Union monthly meeting).
DFW does, however, have on test a runway incursion lighting system. It's still not very good, IMHO.
This JFK incident still sounds purely like pilot error to me, so those of you itching to start a wind-up Yank-bashing session, leave it out and grow up.
