Tim, I kind of had that e-mail loaded up (mentally) to launch on just such an occasion: another PD at either the north or the south end of the runway. Dave and I talked about putting in the RGL system described in the e-mail with Eric Farmer; you were there as well, if I recall correctly. I really think the RGLs would be a big help in cutting down the incursions; unfortunately the airport just doesn’t have any more money to put into anything like this for a couple years or more … which is why I am hammering on FAA for help. Ideally, we get money for it from the Runway Safety Office to do the installation in conjunction with the runway lighting upgrade in FY11. That would make the most sense. Failing that, I will put it in with TX-DOT as a CIP project to do in conjunction with reconstructing / resurfacing Taxiway Alpha, probably for FY13 … if that RDD data can be believed, Alpha is in worse shape than we imagined, particularly the south half. FAA simply needs to put there money where they say their priorities are: runway safety. We clearly have an incursion issue here owing to our sub-standard runway-taxiway separation, it is a well-documented safety issue, and the RGLs would be a very positive step in mitigating the problem. I saw the pictures of the runway collision at Sarasota-Bradenton (SRQ) a few years ago; it was absolutely awful, and I really really don’t want to see anything like that here. I will send comments on your exhibits later today … I won’t be able to look at it before the afternoon. Best Regards, Joel Joel Jenkinson Director, Addison Airport main: (972) 392-4850 fax: (972) 788-9334 ________________________________ From: Siemens, Paul, T [mailto:PTSiemens@GarverUSA.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 4:15 AM To: Jenkinson, Joel Subject: RE: Pilot Deviation at Addison (KADS) on 1/5/2010 Good info. More ammo for justifying the wig-wags P. Timothy Siemens, PE Garver, LLC From: Jenkinson, Joel [mailto:Joel.Jenkinson@wgint.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 6:43 PM To: paul.erway@faa.gov; Rodney.Clark@faa.gov; Ed.Chambers@faa.gov; james.ctr.eckart@faa.gov; charlyn.ctr.hospers@faa.gov; Bill.Mitchell@faa.gov Cc: Harland.B.Herron@faa.gov; HLORTON@dot.state.tx.us; Daniel Benson; Joe; Mark Acevedo; McIllwain, Frank O.; Siemens, Paul, T; Joseph.F.Murphy@faa.gov Subject: Pilot Deviation at Addison (KADS) on 1/5/2010 All: This afternoon, we had another pilot deviation here at KADS, wherein an aircraft inadvertently crossed the hold lines on Taxiway Kilo at Runway 15. The report from ADS Tower is attached. This is fairly typical of the kinds of incursion events we have been seeing here; we have had more incursions (pilot deviations) at that particular location than anywhere else. We have a project scheduled in FY11 to upgrade the runway edge lights from MIRL to HIRL and make some other lighting and signage improvements. In a discussion with our engineer (Garver) relating to that project, we had a discussion of the potential benefit of installing runway guard lights as a means to help prevent runway incursions of exactly this type. What we decided – and what I am currently proposing – is to install a runway guard light (RGL) system with in-pavement RGLs at the two northernmost (Juliet and Kilo) and southernmost (Alpha and Charlie) intersections on the east side of the runway plus wig-wag RGLs at the five remaining intersections (Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, and Hotel) on the east side of the runway. The RGLs would need to be on a separate circuit with their own regulator, independent of runway and taxiway lighting circuits as they would be operating 24/7. (We do not believe RGLs are necessary on the west side of the runway, as the separation between the runway and Taxiway Bravo meets current standards and those holding positions are “typical” … unlike the situation on the east side of the runway where the holding positions are right at the edge of the parallel Taxiway Alpha.) The FY11 budget and project scope do not include any provision for RGLs, and the Airport budget is already very strained by providing the matching funds for our currently-programmed projects and the effects of the recession. The only way we could do this project is with 100% funding from an outside source; does the Runway Safety Office have the means to provide funding for projects such as this? There is clearly a need: we had 12 incursion events last year, down from 18 the year before that, and five days into the new year we have already had another incursion. The Airport staff has been working very hard with our tenants and users to address the issue, as most of you are aware. Joe Murphy with the FAAST Team has helped us institute regular Airport Safety Committee meetings, which have been quite helpful. In addition, our Operations Manager Joe McAnally has embarked on an effort to put everyone who has airside access through our driver training courses – and “everyone” is probably a 4-digit number of people – along with eliminating access by people who do not need to be on the airside (delivery drivers, tool salesmen, and other service people) without a properly trained escort. Following is the text of a recent e-mail sent out to our tenants regarding the driver training classes: To the Addison Airport Community, Thanks to all who have signed up for the Jan. 5th and 25th classes. Those classes are now full so if you did not get a chance to sign up for a class in January we will be offering more each month. Indicated below is a schedule for the next few months. A few questions have come up that I feel an explanation would be beneficial for all to see. First, please call to reserve a spot for any class. Unfortunately we are limited to space and need a reservation. The biggest question I have received is which class if any is required. The Non-Movement class is for people accessing the Taxilanes (Papa, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, and Victor) or needing to access the access road parallel to Alpha or on the South end. If you access the Airport through ground leased area or private property and NEVER need to drive on the previous mentioned list, you do not need a class at all. If you need to tow an aircraft on Taxiway Alpha, Bravo, or across the Runway then you will need the Movement class. At the most a person should need to attend one class. If you need the Movement class then the Non-Movement training is incorporated into the Movement class also. The requirement for this class is in response to some unsafe issues that we have encountered at Addison and we feel awareness is the best approach. We want to show the FAA that we are actively seeking to remedy these situations. The timeline for the completion of this is by the start of 2011. There have been a lot of questions about what happens if someone doesn’t take the class and whether they will be locked out of the airport. The answer is “NO.” We would like cooperation in this effort to make the Airport a safer place and we will avoid using any enforcement as much as possible. Here is a list of the next scheduled classes. Non-Movement Class (one-hour) Feb. 1st - 1 pm Feb. 8th – 9 am Feb. 6th – 9 am (Saturday) Feb. 15th – 1 pm Feb. 22nd – 6:30 pm March 1st – 1 pm March 6th – 9 am (Saturday) March 8th – 9 am March 15th – 1 pm March 22nd – 6:30 pm April 5th – 1 pm April 12th – 9 am April 17th – 9 am (Saturday) April 19th – 1 pm April 26th – 9 am Movement class for Pilots (one-hour) Feb. 2nd – 9 am March 2nd – 9 am April 6th – 9 am Movement class for Non-Pilots (two and a half-hours) Feb. 4th – 9 am March 4th – 9 am April 8th – 9 am Please call the office at (972) 392-4850 to reserve a place for one of the classes. Joseph McAnally Operations Manager Addison Airport (972) 392-4861 As you can see, we are training a lot of people: the classes are full and the response from our tenants has been very positive. (While we downplay the possibility of enforcement action in our communications with our tenants, enforcement is certainly an option we will use when necessary … we have pressed criminal trespass charges in the past and will do so in the future whenever it is warranted.) The airport community is very much interested and involved in helping us make the airport environment safer. In turn, we need some help from FAA: a runway guard light system as I have described above would, I believe, go a long way towards eliminating most of the pilot deviations – which have comprised the majority of our recent incursion incidents – by improving awareness and visibility of the holding positions. I would also like to mention that the last time we had a surface incident – a surface incident, not a runway incursion – we got phone calls about it from FAA people in Washington DC. We are obviously the subject of an unusually high level of scrutiny by FAA on account of this issue, and so I am requesting an equally unusually high level of assistance from FAA in helping us to resolve our incursion problem. All of us who work here – airport staff, the FAA Tower and local FSDO, our FBOs, flight schools, and corporate flight departments – are doing everything we can think of to fix this problem, but today’s incident illustrates that there is more that needs to be done. Today’s incident involved a pilot who was new to the airport and unfamiliar with the anomalous location of the holding positions; we will always have pilots ‘new’ to the airport coming in here, we can’t ban them, and some of them will inevitably make this same mistake unless we find a way to stop it. I think runway guard lights would be a logical and cost-effective approach to addressing this problem, but if anyone else has any other constructive suggestions, I would like to hear them. But most of all I would like to hear that FAA will find some funds to help get us some RGLs before we have an actual runway collision instead of another incursion. Best Regards, Joel Joel Jenkinson Director, Addison Airport main: (972) 392-4850 fax: (972) 788-9334 ________________________________ From: Mcanally, Joe [mailto:Joe.Mcanally@wgint.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 4:20 PM To: Joel Subject: FW: PD Joseph McAnally Operations Manager Addison Airport (972) 392-4861 ________________________________ From: Harland.B.Herron@faa.gov [mailto:Harland.B.Herron@faa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 3:59 PM To: joe.mcanally@addisonairport.net Subject: PD Here is an updated version of the report with the pilot's name. He is new to ADS, based at Landmark. My new Front Line Manager, Dallas, talked with him and explained the unusual markings and our expectations. That's about all I know. Harland B. (Blaine) Herron Air Traffic Manager, Addison Tower 972-628-2401 Work 972-628-2404 Fax