Turkish;
First off, <G> folks around here don't need any reason to act redneck. It's no act <G>....
Secondly, the US has been looking into changing FAR 129 about the crossing of runways. However, a study done using the NASA ASRS reports and other FAA reports shows that changing the rule would not make an appreciable difference. Most of the folks who get on runways that shouldn't didn't even know that they were on a runway or were on a runway that they had been instructed to remain clear of... The numbers just don't show it. As to the high number of incursions, well, you have to look at a couple of things. One is that we REPORT all of them. Secondly, we have just a wee bit more airports than y'all do <G>. Shoot, just in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex we probably have almost as many airports as most of Scotland... Last count, we had close to 100 airports in the metro area... Yes that includes grass <G>....
regards
Scott H. Voigt
NATCA Southwest Region
Safety and Tech chairman