flown-it,
I agree with your assessment of learning the aircraft you are flying. That seems like a given and should not have to be explained. But at airports like MDW, no amount of automation or magic aircraft will help you if the conditions are against you and you decide to land. If you don't have "accurate information" to make an "informed decision", then accidents such as this will happen. The airport is safe but totally unforgiving when the conditions get tough. Operations will continue non stop out of MDW but this same accident or one very similiar will happen again as the airport has no room for error. There was a reason all the air carriers left MDW and moved to ORD many years ago. Just because we have LCC's trying to get an edge doesn't mean the airport is any different than it was 40 years ago.
Last edited by JustAnothrWindScreen; 30th Jun 2006 at 04:32.