Originally Posted by TowerDog
So a captain is incompent or has a brain-fart/bad day (Or brake/anti-skid failure) and the whole airline needs major corrective action?
If the only trend you can come up with is Little Rock, then the real trend is 8 million flights without over-runs between the Little Rock and Kingston accidents.
Suggest you stick to old 1011 stories and if AA or the NTSB need your advice, I am sure they will ask for it
June 1, 1999: American Airlines Flight 1420, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, overran the runway while landing during a storm at Little Rock, Arkansas; the plane's captain and 10 passengers were killed.
December 24, 2008: American Airlines Flight 1544, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 carrying 54 passengers and a crew of five from Chicago O'Hare Airport to Washington Reagan National Airport, skidded off the runway.
December 13, 2009, an MD-80 landing at Charlotte North Carolina touched down and went off the left side of the runway. While trying to get back onto the runway, the plane's right wingtip touched the ground.
December 22, 2009, a Boeing 737 overran a runway amid heavy rain at Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, Jamaica, injuring 91 passengers.
December 24, 2009, an MD-80 en route from Chicago, Illinois, struck a wingtip landing in Austin, Texas.
When a guy with explosive skivvies shows up on an airplane, there are calls of "...and you never connected the dots?" How many dots does it take?