03/14/2016
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"Do we have any concrete data that demonstrates that airlines have realized any significant operational benefits from NextGen today?"
"Do you agree a sensible stepping stone to NextGen would be to promptly adopt policies and procedures, specifically performance based navigation procedures, which would enable airlines to fully utilize..."
"the cost of jet fuel is now the airline industry's largest operating cost with the average cost of a gallon of jet fuel up by 260 percent since 2000."
"I think there is a great opportunity for the administration here as well to use the St. Lawrence Seaway organization as an opportunity for more economic development in the Great Lake regions."