On the recordMay 16, 2001
We have a capacity crisis in our nation's aviation infrastructure, and unless we build new runways and build them faster than we are now, aviation gridlock will become a permanent feature of air travel.
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Discussing the urgent need for runway construction to avoid aviation gridlock.
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