Performance
Good decision by the -800 skipper, usual junk by the media and unfortunately some people on this. JAR OPS rules say a public transport jet must be predicted to land with 60% of the LDA and a wet runway requires an extra 15% of the total LDR. Pull out the perf charts and try it some time. A displaced threshold, a heavy aeroplane and a wet runway and you can quite easily be illegal. Doncaster, maybe commercial but drop in somewhere without handling and unexpected and wait hours for everyone to catch up and change the plan ten times. Oh its so boring when there isn't carnage at the end of a flight isn't it.
Well put, moderator!