This appears to be a growing problem all over the US; the problem resides in the fact that people who can make a difference ignore the safety issues until something tragic happens.

it’s a dangerously reactive safety culture; unforuntaely it may take a collision to see action being taken to increase runway safety, which is not the way it’s supposed to be. it’s very sad. the US has an antiquated ATC network and fatigued, overworked controllers, when combined with capacity contraints and overscheduling is a recipe for a nasty accident. its becoming a question of “when”, not “if”. JFK is struggling as it is; i am just glad everything turned out ok this time.

Damn the red tape.