Gerry You have to remember that O'Hare landings and departures at times dictates Midways operations. I'd be more interested to know O'Hares' configuration. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerard M Foley" <gfoley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 8:25 PM Subject: Re: WN Question > From: "Michael Burris" <yyz_02140@xxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 2:41 PM > > > <snip> >> Since this incident has happened, I've heard two >> prevailing theories: weather and runway length. > <snip> >> My feeling is that the weather was the culprit, but we'll >> have to wait and see. >> >> > Guessing at this distance isn't very profitable. Just the same, I'll say > that landing with a tailwind sounds strange, and if you can't stop and > others can it seems as if you landed long. Whether it was the wind or > the crew will have to await the findings (guesses?) of NTSB. > > Unpleasant, though, and tragic for the folks in the car. > > Gerry > http://www.pbase.com/gfoley9999/ > http://www.wilowud.net/ > http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley > http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pollock/263/egypt/egypt.html