Sean Duffy: “Air traffic controllers were 3,000 short on air traffic…”

“But we're going to focus on Newark first. We're going to start to see Newark be far, far more resilient in the near term. But Air traffic controllers were 3,000 short on air traffic control. I can't snap my fingers and bring in these highly skilled air traffic controllers. All of this is going to take time.” (07:31–07:35)

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