By lowering the number of flights, we can ensure the ones that are kept, they do actually take off and they do actually land. This authority hasn't been used in over 20 years. As I've stated publicly, If Congress approves our plan, the President's plan to build a brand new air traffic control system, work at Newark is going to be a priority. We will do that first. And so again, to recap, I'm going to pass it off to the administrator. We're in a situation where telecom is going down and it's taken some time to isolate the problem. (10:04–10:15)
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