The Issue: An Air Canada jet collides with a Port Authority fire truck at LaGuardia Airport.

While the fire truck that struck the Air Canada jet on the LaGuardia Airport runway lacked a transponder that could have prevented the fatal accident, it apparently also lacked an intersection emergency automatic braking system that many new cars have (“Confusion on comms for truck, tower,” March 25).

Both systems should be required for all airport vehicles.

Paul Kamenar

Chevy Chase, Md.

In listening to the call by the air traffic controller to the fire truck, you hear the controller very casually say, “Stop, stop, stop.”

Why didn’t he scream it?

Perhaps the urgency in his voice could have made the truck stop sooner and avoid the tragic aftermath.

Saul J. Mishaan

Brooklyn

Had the pilots of the Air Canada plane not begun to apply the brakes as quickly as they did, it was very possible the plane could have been cut in half, causing serious loss of life.

These pilots made a split-second decision that saved the passengers’ lives, though they lost their own.

They should receive the highest possible posthumous honors.

Joseph Comperchio

Brooklyn

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating what went wrong in the Air Canada crash: human error or existing systems failure.

Apparently the air traffic controller initially advised the fire truck that it was safe to proceed, then recanted, repeating “stop.” It was either unheard or too late.

However, if the truck was equipped with an automatic emergency braking system, it would have stopped if the plane was directly in its path.

The NTSB should in sure that such technology is installed in all vehicles on airport tarmacs to limit the risk of another disaster.

Larry Sylvester

Acton, Ontario

Despite the fact that air traffic control gave the green light to the fire-truck, the driver should’ve waited by checking surroundings, and wouldn’t have missed the aircraft.

Ahmet Kaya

Jacksonville, Fla.

Sadly, we saw what can happen when people are overwhelmed while working.

The Air Canada flight crashing into the fire truck at LaGuardia won’t be forgotten, but something we learn from.

Sharon Cesario

Brooklyn

The Issue: A bill requiring New York beauty schools to add “textured hair” education to their curriculums.

Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages co-authored a bill requiring hair and cosmetology schools in New York state to make “textured” hair education part of the general curriculum (“Texture a must-’do at schools,” March 23).

As a beauty professional with curly hair, I say it’s great.

But Solages’ assertion that the suggestion for her to straighten her hair to look more professional is a “form of discrimination” is where we part company.

Can we just stop looking under rocks to find grievances based on race?

It was just a suggestion, and has been made to me at times too

(I’m Caucasian).

How about focusing on the positive?

Expanding beauty education is great for stylists and clients, and doesn’t have to be born from grievance to have merit.

Michelle Graham

Lynbrook

Once again, the heavy bureaucratic hand of New York feels compelled to step in and “right a wrong,” of discrimination in yet another area.

Rather than allowing the marketplace to correct an unmet need, the government steps with more burdensome regulation.

Here is a perfect opportunity for smart hair salons to carve out a service niche and capture a dedicated customer base: Train your stylists and advertise a service expertise.

Let the marketplace solve its own problems.

J. Mancuso

Naples, Fla.

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