the performance just continues to go down, and people are tired--I mean, I think people in--who travel regularly just think it's a race to the bottom with air service in this country.

Ninety percent of all general aviation aircraft are excluded from our bill.

Airlines need to take a step backward from scheduling practices that are disconnected from reality, in that some schedules aren't worth the electrons they're printed on.

What percentage of the delays do you think, in the New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia area can be attributed to general aviation aircraft using air traffic control resources?

We hope to.

And I guess I would pose that question of the airlines. Is that something that is affecting the delays, the on-time arrivals and everything else?

Our air travel system is still overburdened.

There's no such thing as an unsafe staffing level, because FAA will slow traffic and put more space between the planes if staffing got too low.

Somebody has to fix the mess that America's travelers are left in.

If the FAA implements measures to limit operations at airports in congested airspace, will those limits extend to general aviation airports in the same airspace?

But there have got to be some things, too, that the DOT, the FAA, that the airlines can do to make this system work better than it does.

It's another joy for you to consider.

Without quick action and planning regarding modernization, we are on the precipice of aviation gridlock.

Now, the system is stressed, but your policies are stressing people.

Thank you Senators Rockefeller and Lott for holding today's hearing.

Congress is in an opportune position to significantly modernize our antiquated air traffic control system.

I mean, don't you think that a lot of customers have a right to know which flights are chronically delayed or chronically canceled before they purchase their tickets?

If this is the experience--my experience is the experience that a lot of my constituents have, the traveling public has, their lives kinda stink when it comes to getting to and from their destinations.