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'American Manufacturing Is Back': Sean Duffy Praises Boeing Plane Sales Deal With Alaska Airlines

Published | Video Starts at 04:02

And so you've seen last year, we've announced a brand new air traffic control system. And that new system, again, We're moving from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s equipment, moving it into the modern era, going from copper to fiber analog to digital, new radar, new software systems. But what that's going to do for us is allow us to more efficiently operate the airspace, which means there's less time on the ground, there's less fuel wasted, there's less, less hours wasted, more time flying, and we have happier consumers, happier air travelers. (04:02–04:14)

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Asserts that the air traffic control system is being upgraded from outdated technology to modern systems.

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