NY Times says (in reporting hearing on SW Midway accident): "Commercial aviation is going through a remarkably safe period, with no major jet crashes since November 2001, but runway overruns continue to be a threat." What was that? All that comes to my mind is the Charlotte Beechcraft crash. I guess propjets are jets too. I still don't know why any pilot or controller chooses to accept a 25 kt. tailwind, even if it isn't snowing. 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 http://foley.foleypages.net/~gerry/