they've already got flashing yellows on both sides and across the taxiway at
the hold short lines..
changing them to a steady red is going to make a difference?

doubt it..

BT

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrote in message
...

I think this is a pretty good idea. They work most of the time on the
street why shouldn't they work at the airport?




AVFLASH NEWS
February 27, 2008

Runway Red Lights -- Solution Or Stopgap?
By Mary Grady, Contributing editor

It might seem like a sensible solution, especially at big airports with a
complex array of taxiways and runways -- embed red lights into the runway
pavement at the intersections. It's been tried at Dallas-Fort Worth and in
San Diego, and reports are positive. But the technology is simply a "a
stopgap measure," according to FAA Acting Administrator Bobby Sturgell.
"Runway status lights are one way to drive down incursions, but they’re
not the best way," he said this week, while visiting Los Angeles
International Airport to announce that the lights will be installed there.
At LAX, he says, the runways are simply too close together, and that
layout needs to be addressed. A recent report by the Office of Inspector
General for the Transportation Department found that the status-light
systems are effective and should be deployed at airports across the
country.