As Chris will tell you, safety is the priority. And if we don't feel something is safe, we will stop or we will slow things down. So On average in Newark, they are running about 50, 54 flights an hour for departures. We've brought that down right now. Departures are at 28 an hour. Okay. When the new Runway comes online June 15, we're going to bump that from 28 to 34. It's going to stay that way until October, until we bring these controllers up to speed and add them to the airspace. (06:03–06:17)
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