Political Quotes

“O'Hare is an airport that was designed and built in 1959, 43 years ago, with an anticipated annual volume of 20 million passengers. It now has some 67 million passengers annually. The runways that were designed in 1959 were designed to standards and expectations of that era--standards and expectations that have changed dramatically. What we have seen in 43 years is larger planes, more frequent flights, changes in air traffic control. All of these have challenged O'Hare and every airport in the country to modernize. But O'Hare has been stuck with the same runway configuration now for over 40 years.”