Testimonials
"This system works."
Marion C. Blakey
Chairman, NTSB
May 2002
Chairman, NTSB
May 2002
"We actually saved lives with this."
Dr. Jan M. Brecht-Clark
FAA Deputy Director Aviation Research
May 1999
FAA Deputy Director Aviation Research
May 1999
"...FAA engineers helped develop a new technology (EMAS) that will increase airport runway safety, protecting people and aircraft during overrun accidents."
Jane Garvey
FAA Adminstrator
July 1998
FAA Adminstrator
July 1998
"The technology has proven effective in bringing aircraft to a safe and complete stop."
Kenneth J. Ringler Jr.
Executive Director, Port Authority of NY & NJ
September 2005
Executive Director, Port Authority of NY & NJ
September 2005
"EMAS is proven technology that saves lives."
Joan Bauerlein
FAA's Director of Aviation Research and Development
FAA's Director of Aviation Research and Development
"EMAS has shown it can save lives and it should be deployed at many more than the 14 U.S. airports that currently have this proven safety system in place."
John J. Goglia
Former Member, NTSB
December 2005
Former Member, NTSB
December 2005