The FAA's Kathleen Bergen ........."Pilots are trained to land on the runway," Bergen says. "Taxiway landing is not appropriate....
A bright career in aviation administration nowadays probably awaits someone with this level of understanding
She said it was “very, very rare” for a plane to land on a taxiway rather than the runway. “None of us here, anecdotally, can remember this happening,” she said.
Clearly the new FAA world includes key staff who have no idea about aviation. Many on here will be able to recall a number of such incidents off the top of their head, including locations where it has happened more than once.