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Old 06-16-2010 | 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by all4114all
The difference between the NWA pilots being terminated and the Delta pilots that landed on the wrong runway in ATL, is the way the media handled the story and more importantly, the way the company handled the media. The FAA assisted in the flow of information in both incidents. NWA, high flow, DAL, low flow.

Both these incidents happened within a few weeks. It is far more dangerous to land on the wrong runway, than overflying a destination in my humble opinion.
you are so out of the loop on this. The FAA accepted the taxiway landing in ASAP because of extenuating circumstances and lessons learned. The FAA did not accept the overflight because of the lack of the above. Both DL and the FAA thoroughly investigated both events and came to the same conclusion.