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

Published May 12, 2025 | Video Starts at 12:11

It's old. And we are fighting to make sure we work with Congress, get the money, and begin this build of a brand new system as quickly as possible. This couldn't happen without the leadership of President Trump. who, again, I'm going to say he talked to me when he gave me the job, he knew how old the system was. (12:11–12:15)

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Asserts that the plan to build a new air traffic control system couldn't happen without President Trump's leadership.

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“In July of 2024, the Biden Buttigieg FAA moved control of the New York Newark airspace from New York to Philadelphia.”
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“This authority hasn't been used in over 20 years.”
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“They got $1.2 trillion for infrastructure, and virtually none of it went to fix the biggest American infrastructure problem that we have…”
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“A $2.4 billion contract was signed with Verizon by the last administration, not enough to build out fiber.”
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“The blame belongs with the last administration [Biden and Buttigieg] for the issues at Newark Airport.”
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“The Biden Buttigieg FAA bungled this move without properly hardening the telecom lines feeding the data.”
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“There were issues in October and November under Biden and Buttigieg that would have highlighted to the prior administration that the…”
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“A trio of recent equipment issues at Philadelphia on April 28, May 9 and May 11 affecting communication radar displays has highlighted the…”
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“The FAA implemented a software update to prevent future outages.”
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“The FAA has replaced copper lines with fiber lines at Newark, JFK and LaGuardia.”
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“In Newark, we've replaced copper connections at the airports with fiber.”
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“It's going to take another week or two to be testing those two lines before we flip the switch and make them live.”
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“We have spoken with the heads of Verizon and L3Harris to understand why the telecom issues persist and how we can expedite those fixes.”
Sean Duffy's Briefing on FAA Challenges and Solutions at Newark Airport | Uploaded May 12, 2025 | 06:35-06:46
“The goal is to add three new telecommunication connections between New York and Philadelphia.”
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“The FAA is deploying a temporary backup system to the Philadelphia TRACON.”
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“Biden and Buttigieg did not bring [the STAR system] down [to Philadelphia] before this TRACON was moved.”
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“The DoT will convene a delay reduction meeting this Wednesday with all airlines who have flights at Newark.”
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“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…”
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“The last administration, they knew this was a problem.”
Sean Duffy's Briefing on FAA Challenges and Solutions at Newark Airport | Uploaded May 12, 2025 | 11:27-11:31
“During COVID when people weren't flying, that was a perfect time to fix these problems.”
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“It takes up to a year to train [air traffic controllers] on that airspace rank.”
Sean Duffy's Briefing on FAA Challenges and Solutions at Newark Airport | Uploaded May 12, 2025 | 16:48-16:51
“Some billions of dollars were allocated from the last administration to this effort and it was wasted.”
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“You don't see any result of any money that's been spent over four years.”
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“The last administration was hearing the rattles and they basically kept driving and didn't do anything to fix it.”
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“The telecom was not adequately tested before the move, leading to errors in October and November.”
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“Before they moved the tracon, they should have put the STAR system down at Philly.”
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“The contract with Verizon was a 15-year contract, with 12 years remaining to complete the work.”
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“End of May, we should be able to flip the switch and bring the fiber online.”
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“Priority number one is going to be Newark.”
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“The last administration did nothing... they spent $1.2 trillion and really invested zero in this massive infrastructure bill.”
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“They would have moved The TRACON from N90 down to Philly and wouldn't harden the network.”
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“You didn't get old cracking infrastructure in 100 days. It came from the four years before where they chose to do nothing.”
Sean Duffy's Briefing on FAA Challenges and Solutions at Newark Airport | Uploaded May 12, 2025 | 30:48-30:57
“If we can only do 24 to 28 flights an hour, that's all we're going to do to feel like we are adequate in the mission of keeping people safe.”
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