"Mike Young" wrote in message
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Then do tell. Point it out, chapter and verse. A simple URL will suffice.
What exactly did the FAA say in regards to the requested runway?


"This was a situation where there was confusion about the term 'minimal
fuel' and 'fuel emergency,' " FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown said. "The
controller was confused about the distinction. When the supervisors became
aware of the incident afterward, they used the tapes as an opportunity to
retrain everyone in the facility that if a pilot declares an emergency, he
should be allowed to land on the runway he's requested."

"We know that we did something that we should have done differently," FAA
spokesman Roland Herwig said. "We should have given the aircraft the closest
runway as opposed to routing him in."