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Sean Duffy: “We have an aging telecommunications system using copper…”

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

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Interview with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Newark Airport Air Traffic Control Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 00:55

And then even if you lose telecom, like you saw twice in the last two weeks, there's procedures in place with, with the air traffic controllers and for pilots. And so it's safe. But again, we have a problem on our hands in that We have an aging telecommunications system using copper wires, not fiber, and we have a shortage of air traffic controllers. This has been a problem that's been burning for a number of years. There were, there were watchdog groups in government that gave warnings to the last administration that this was a problem. (00:55–01:02)

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Asserts that the telecommunications system is outdated and there is a shortage of air traffic controllers.

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