<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by mr1hotrod:
To continue this thread, the other members of my travelling party are still talking about this and have discussed contacting SWA to file complaints. What does everyone believe the likelyhood of being issued certs as a penance may be?</font>
The airline has no control over the condition of the runway. It would fall into the same as category as being delayed for weather(fog, snow, etc.).
Also I don't think that the airline should be chastised because of a error made by the air traffic controllers.
Look at the other option the pilot had: slamming into the other plane at 200 mph and sending your airplane into somersaults for the rest of the bloody fireball of a ride down the runway.
I doubt you thought to take the time to thank the pilot for potentially saving your life on your way out of the plane. You may have been consumed by your greed and the misconception that you deserved some kind of compensation for the experience, as frightening as it may have been.
[This message has been edited by Peregrine (edited 07-03-2001).]