News Clip Retired Chief Pilot Warns Against Third Runway Seattle Pi 0001

Re+ired chief pilot warns against third runway By Captain Sven Holm RETIRED CHIEF PILOT, NORTHWEST AIRLINES (RETIRED 5/01 ) / fb4e~ x wb.1 /V£w5 , p. G During my 34 blus years as a commercial airline pilot I logged more than 15,000 hours flying everything from the 707 to 747. In my role as Western and Pacific Region Director of Flying for Northwest Airlines, whom I am NOT speaking for or representing at this time, I was responsible for managing 1,000 pilots and work- ing with airport issues, air safety, air traffic, pilot training and other important matters involving air- line operations. I have lived and flown in and out of Seattle since 1966. It is this background, along with a pilot’s intense focus on safety that leads me to the conclu- sion that the proposed third run- way at Sea-Tac will not be used. The Port proposes to build this 8,500-foot runway west of and parallel to the two existing run- ways at Sea-Tac (16R-34L is 9425’ and 16L-34R is 11,900’in length). Less than 100 feet from the western edge of the runway’s FAA Runway Safety Area would be a vertical drop of 170 feet. There is an additional 75-foot ver- tical wall that would be construct- ed to the immediate north of the runway’s north threshold. Both of these vertical drops create safety concerns . In addition to posing grave threats to aircraft that over/under- shoot, overrun or veer off the run- way (caused by things such as…

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