Perhap it is time to realize that all aviation enterprise must have safety backup in depth.
When a naval aviator attempts a landing on a carrier, he shoves throttle forward at touchdown just in case his hook misses the wire.
A backup plan must always exist. At MDW, there was no backup plan except perfection.
In depth safety:
1. EMAS overrun.
2. Emergency thrust reverser memory item checklist
3. higher approach minimums.
4. prohibition on tailwind operations.
5. Higher requirements for runway needed at MDW...instead of the 60percent rule, make it better at 50%.
While any airplane can over run any runway, MDW (lga, isp, sfo) all seem to need a bit more margin.
regards
jon