This is a warning to all FedEx pilots who land at Memphis International on Runway 9/27. My name is Guy Cobb and I am a former FedEx Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery coordinator. In 2006 I discovered a defect with Runway 9/27 and presented it to FedEx Express Management. Immediately following the meeting I was told not to let this information get out into the public and to shred my documentation which I did but kept my original files. In November of 2008 I re-submitted my findings to Randy DiGirolamo of FedEx Express. Three weeks later the Memphis Airport Authority announced that the 65 year old runway would be completely replaced. Most of you may not realize that Runway 9/27 has a massive tunnel running directly beneath it. The defect is specific to this tunnel and it’s ability to support the runway above it. Because Express fast tracked the new runway to start in March of 2010 and had to be completed by December they made no provisions to reinforce the Hurricane Creek tunnel. I have asked the Memphis Airport Authority to allow for a public inspection of the tunnel for the past four months but they have refused. ALPA, Express, the Memphis Airport Authority and the FAA all know about the defect. All I am asking is that all of you read my Hurricane Creek Master Document on my documentation website and decide for yourselves. My documentation includes all structural diagrams, engineering studies and photographs of the tunnel and runway. The site address is here:
www.guycobb.com/coverup.htm
Thank you and be safe.