-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Natalie ]
Posted At: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 10:08 AM
Posted To: rec.aviation.ifr
Conversation: How can we "fix" LEX to prevent wrong runway selection
everywhere?
Subject: How can we "fix" LEX to prevent wrong runway selection
everywhere?

Jim Carter wrote:
I've followed the lengthy and somewhat heated discussion speculating
responsibility in the LEX accident,

Lets see... we could paint the runway name with big numbers on the
runway or put little signs next to the runway entrance.

We could put a device in the cockpit that automatically indicates
which direction the aircraft is pointed so the pilot could compare
it with his assigned runway.

We could require that commercial aircraft that are operating at
night use runways that have runway lights.

We could use a moving map that shows the aircraft postition.

I agree completely Ron; we've all flown with those tools for years and
years. I'm sure you will agree that there are a few times that humans
make mistakes -- that makes us all human. Since the only checks and
balances for the "am I on the right runway" decision are all human,
those mistakes continue to be made.

50 years ago the LEX accident would have been declared pilot error and
the media would not have sensationalized the issue like they do today.
I'm worried this sensationalism will end up forcing a new set of
regulations on us that do very little to address the problem.