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Sean Duffy: “Before they moved the tracon, they should have put the STAR…”

Featuring: Sean Duffy, Republican | Secretary of Transportation | National

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Sean Duffy's Briefing on FAA Challenges and Solutions at Newark Airport

Published | Video Starts at 23:27

… saw in October and November of last year under their administration and we wouldn't be seeing the errors in and the telecom right now. So they didn't test it. And Before they moved the tracon, they should have put the STAR system down at Philly. That was, that would have hardened the system. And so there was a number of things that weren't done in preparation for the move, which has left us in the situation in which we now have these reductions and cancellations at Newark. (23:27–23:33)

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Asserts that the STAR system should have been installed at Philly before moving the tracon.

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