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Editor: James T. Crouse
Profession: Aviation Accident Attorney

After writing about what the NTSB calls the FAA's "Unacceptable" response to one of its Most Wanted Safety Improvements - runway incursions, I thought I'd be fair and see what the FAA has on it's very own website about this problem.

All I found was an insulting cartoon and a definition for runway incursions. (See UPDATE at the end of this article.) I was shocked - as would be the 583 people who lost their lives in the Canary Islands, the 34 who died at LAX, and the passengers who almost perished recently aboard a United 737 at O'Hare. Oh, there were numbers to call for the employee locator and for the hearing impaired and a physical address for the office of Runway Safety - absolutely nothing concerning this very dangerous problem.

The obvious omission is how they are addressing the issue of runway incursions - perhaps because they aren't actively addressing it? This really is an outrage - this has been on the Most Wanted list for 16 years - the incidents have increased over last year - and we still have the December holiday season of air travel ahead of us!

This issue is a concern for all of us who fly - our safety is not being taken seriously. Please let the FAA know this is not acceptable!

UPDATE: Since this article was written, the FAA has changed the picture on the linked site to an much more appropriate one.