Tom it wouldn't matter to O'Hare. Midway is a satellite airport and would come second to ORDs traffic flows. Chuck Benson the lead NTSB investigator is very familar with traffic in Chicago areas. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Dugan" <tdugan@xxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 1:27 AM Subject: Re: WN Question >I think I read somewhere that they were below mins for everything but 31C. >4R and13C are 400-1, 31C is 300-3/4. > > Allan9 wrote: >> 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 >> >> >>