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If it was what the tower reported, good braking and a minimal tailwind then even CAL lands at MDW in those conditions.
The article from the paper said that CAL would not land when SWA was authorized to land. Two different carriers with two different takes on the perf. Think it could have been the SWA use of TR's for determining stopping distance. If you take out the TR's under the same conditions what does your computer say? Land or not land?
It does appear that SWA was using the most literal interpetation of the perf. data. Perhaps Boeing will be liabel also. In the push to sale the NG's to SWA the manipulation of the data by both parties to make the airplane fit into the operation could be a suspect. CAL does not need the short field perf. and can afford to use the most conservative data. SWA on the other hand has taken the most liberal interpetation to assure operational integrity.