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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
IS THE FORMER FAA ADMINISTRATOR FROM 2002-2007, CURRENT THE CEO OF AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATED. LET'S BEGIN WITH THIS HEADLINE IN THE "WALL STREET...
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Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
IS THAT PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN THE KIND OF SHIFT WORK OR SAFETY IS INVOLVED HAVE TO BE FULLY RESTED. THEY DO HAVE TO APPROACH THIS WITH SCHEDULES THAT...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
SAYS HERE THAT FOR 30 YEARS THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE HISTORY OF THIS MORE? GUEST: I
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Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
DID NOT KNOW ABOUT 30 YEARS. WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING THE SAFEST SYSTEM BY FAR FOR A LONG TIME. CONTROLLERS ARE PROFESSIONALS AND ON THE HOLD TO A VERY GOOD...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TALK ABOUT THE TRAINING THAT FAA CONTROLLERS ARE ALLOWED TO GO THROUGH BEFORE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO SIT IN THOSE TOWERS. DOES THAT INCLUDE SLEEP DEPRIVATION...
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Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
ABSOLUTELY. THEY ARE HIGHLY TRAINED. THEY GO THROUGH MONTHS AND MONTHS OF VERY RIGOROUS TRAINING, BOTH TECHNICAL AND HUMAN FACTORS. QUESTIONS OF HOW YOU...
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Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
EXCELLENT. IT BEGINS WITH PREPARATORY SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, THEN THEY GO TO OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. WHERE THEY SPENT MONTHS IN TRAINING, BOTH ON THE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TO BE IN A TOWER? DOES THAT FIT WELL WITH THESE PERSONALITIES? GUEST: I THINK IT
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Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
DOES, FOR PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO STEP UP AND BE ON THE JOB ON THE BALLS OF THEIR FEET ALL DAY. THERE IS ONE THAT IS HIGHLY ORIENTED IN MANY WAYS, THE KIND...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TO GO THROUGH THE FAA TRAINING TO BE IN THE CONTROL ROOM, HOW MANY GRADUATES COMPARED TO HOW MANY WANT THE JOB? GUEST: THERE
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Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
IS A WASHOUT PHASE. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE CURRENT FIGURES ARE. BUT IT IS TRUE THAT THERE IS A SORTING OUT PROCESS. BUT AGAIN, ONLY CERTAIN TYPES OF ...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
PRIVATE SECTOR DO THE JOB BETTER THAN HAVING THE GOVERNMENT RUN THE CONTROL TOWER'S? GUEST: I DO
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Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
NOT NECESSARILY THINK SO. THERE IS NOTHING MAGIC ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITIES WHETHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SECTOR. BUT THE PRIVATE SECTOR OFFERS A GREAT...
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| 00:06:40 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: WE'RE TALKING WITH MARION BLAKEY WHO RAN THE FAA IN THE EARLY 2000'S. WHAT SORT OF CLIENTS TO YOU NOW REPRESENT? GUEST: WE MANUFACTURE
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Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
EVERYTHING THAT FLIES. FROM THE F-22 TO THINGS LIKE THE SPACE SHUTTLE. WE REPRESENT SPACE AS WELL AS IT USAF ALL THE WAY THROUGH COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY....
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TALKING ABOUT THE BIG COMPANIES. GUEST: LOCKHEED
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Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
MARTIN, FEDERAL DYNAMICS, LOCKHEED -- I COULD GO ON. IT IS MUCH OF THE NAMES THAT YOU HAVE COME TO KNOW AND RELY ON. SO MANY OF THEM KEEPING OUR TROOPS...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
REPUBLICAN IN JESUP, MARYLAND. CALLER: MY HUSBAND
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CALLER, -
HAS DONE SHIFT WORK FOR 30 YEARS. IT IS HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT HE IS WELL RESTED BEFORE HE GOES AGAIN. I THINK THE PROBLEM WITH THE CONTROLLERS...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
YOUR HUSBAND'S RESPONSIBILITY TO BE WELL RESTED? IS THAT PART OF SOME AGREEMENT HE HAS WHEN HE TOOK ON THIS JOB?
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CALLER: ABSOLUTELY. THE WORK THAT HE DOES REQUIRED THIS. HE HAS GOT WORK TO DO AND HE NEEDS TO GET IT DONE IN THE EIGHT HOURS. HOST: WHAT DOES HE DO...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TRANSLATE WHAT HER HUSBAND GOES THROUGH TO THE EXPERIENCE OF THE CONTROL TOWER'S? GUEST: SHE MAKES A
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Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
VERY GOOD. NAME. THE MORE THAT YOUR BODY IS ABLE TO REMAIN ON A GIVEN SCHEDULE, HE GETS USED TO IT, AND YOU SLEEP ADEQUATELY BETWEEN SHIFTS, THE BETTER...
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| 00:09:42 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
UNIONS HAVE LOBBIED FOR THESE TYPES OF SCHEDULES BECAUSE IT ALLOWS FOR MORE TIME OFF. HOW MUCH TIME DO THEY GET OFF? GUEST: THEY HAVE
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Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
HAD THE SCHEDULE FOR A LOT OF TIME. IT IS A PREFERENCE. IT IS TYPICALLY A THREE DAY WEEKEND. I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. HOST: WE'LL GO TO
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
PITTSBURGH. PATRICK ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE. CALLER: THIS IS
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CALLER, -
WHAT WE ENCOUNTER NOT JUST IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY BUT ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE IN AMERICA WE HAVE DECLARED WAR ON WORKERS. WE HAVE TURNED IT INTO AN ABSOLUTE...
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| 00:10:47 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
WE HAVE YOUR POINT. MARION BLAKEY? GUEST: I AM NOT FAMILIAR
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| 00:10:54 |
Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
THAT -- OF MANY COMPANIES IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY THAT ARE INVOLVED IN CORPORATE WELFARE. THESE COMPANIES MANUFACTURE TECHNOLOGY THAT KEEP OUR FIGHTERS...
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| 00:11:29 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
MENTIONED DEFENSE CUTS. WHAT IMPACT DOES THAT HAVE ON THE INDUSTRIES THAT THAT -- THAT YOU REPRESENT?
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Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
GUEST: THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY IS THE SOURCE OF A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF HIGH-PAYING JOBS FOR -- 800,000 JOBS. I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT IN TERMS OF THE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
FROM THE THICK, A DEMOCRAT IN PITTSBURGH. -- VICK, A DEMOCRAT IN PITTSBURGH. CALLER: I HAD THE PRIVILEGE
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CALLER, -
OF MY MOTHER AND TWO FRIENDS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE MACARTHUR TOWER IN LONG ISLAND, SO I WAS ABLE TO TIOUR. IT WAS A VERY, VERY STRESSFUL JOB. I ALSO...
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| 00:14:21 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
BLAKEY, YOUR REACTION TO THAT CALLER?
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Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
GUEST: IF IT IS A JOB THAT INVOLVES A LOT OF INTENSITY. IT'S CERTAINLY HAS STRESSFUL MOMENTS. THE CALLER IS TALKING ABOUT THE NEW YORK AREA, WHICH IS...
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| 00:15:12 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE HAVE SUCCUMBED TO AN AGREEMENT ON AN ESSAY A REAUTHORIZATION BILL. IF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE SAYS THIS...
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Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
DEPEND ON WHAT HE HAS IN MIND, AND I CAN NOT READ THE CHAIRMAN'S MIND. I DO NOT THINK THIS IS A QUESTION OF FOR THE MOST PART, INTENTIONAL THIS BEHAVIOR...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOUSTON, TEXAS, NANCY, AN INDEPENDENT. CALLER: I USED TO MANAGE A
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CALLER, -
SMALL OFFICE, AND I CANNOT LEAVE HOW COMPLICATED THE GOVERNMENT MAKES EVERYTHING. WITH THE CONTROLLERS, ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS HIRE SOME SENIOR CITIZENS...
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Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
INTERESTING IDEA, WITHOUT A DOUBT. I AM NOT SURE I WOULD SUPPORT IT. THERE ARE SMALL PLACES THAT NEED PEOPLE THERE THAT ARE HIGHLY- TRAINED AND KNOW WHAT...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
JAY IN DETROIT, ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER: I AM A
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CALLER, -
FORMER MILITARY FIRE AND RADIO TOWER CONTROL OPERATORS. THE REASON I DIDN'T DO THE TOWER WORK ANYMORE IS RELATED TO THIS ISSUE. THE ISSUE IS SCHEDULING...
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| 00:19:36 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TWO EVENING SHIFTS, TWO OF THE SHIPS, AND TWO OVERNIGHT SHIFT. GUEST: I THINK THE
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Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
PILOTS AND THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY HAVE ADDRESSED THIS RESPONSIBLY, AS HAS THE MILITARY IN TERMS OF RESEARCH MANUALS AND ONGOING TRAINING. IN TERMS OF...
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| 00:20:40 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THE RECOMMENDATION OVER THE YEARS TO SWITCH THE SCHEDULE? WHAT TYPE OF SCHEDULE? GUEST:
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Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
SCHEDULES THAT ARE MUCH MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE BODY'S RHYTHMS, AND MAINTAIN THE SAME SCHEDULE THROW A WORKING WEEK, SO YOUR BODY GETS USED TO IT. WHETHER...
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| 00:21:37 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
NOTE DID YOU REPRESENT COMPANIES LIKE BOEING. HERE IS A HEADLINE FROM YESTERDAY -- IT SAYS A FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS ALLEGE AT A MANUFACTURING LAPS AT A...
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Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
NTSB, WHICH INVESTIGATES ACCIDENTS. I LEARNED OF THE YOU DO NOT SPECULATE ABOUT WHAT THEY CAUSE MIGHT BE. IF YOU READ ALL THE WAY THROUGH, THERE WERE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
AGO, -- DISPLAYED HAS STAYED IN CIRCULATION FOR 15 YEARS. IS THIS TYPICAL? -- CO-ABSOLUTELY. AN AIRCRAFT IN A TYPICALLY FIVE -- FLY 25 YEARS. B-52'S...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOW OFTEN DO THEY HAVE TO BE LOOKED HEAVEN AND MAINTAINED? GUEST: -- LOOKED AT AND MAINTAINED? GUEST: OFFTHERE
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Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
ARE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE CHECKS THAT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. THERE IS THEN WHAT IS CALLED HEAVY MAINTENANCE, AND THEY HAVE BEEN REGULARLY OVER PERIODS OF...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: WENDY'S EXPECT AN ANSWER? -- WHEN DO YOU EXPECT AN ANSWER? GUEST: YOU HAVE
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Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
TO LOOK A FORENSIC EVIDENCE, DID THE MODEL ASSISTANT, EXAMINE THE RECORDS, TALK TO THE PILOTS -- EVERYONE ACKNOWLEDGES IN NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT, BUT...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
CHRIS, A DEMOCRAT IN HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA. CALLER: HOUSE SUBJECT ARE
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CALLER, -
THE FAA REGULATORS TO THE POLITICAL PROCESS? IF IT WAS THE REPUBLICANS, ALL OF THESE THINGS WOULD BE SCUTTLED. WITH LABOR AND REGULATIONS, JUST LIKE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THE FUNDING CUT THE THE REPUBLICANS PROPOSE. WILL THE IMPACT BE OF THAT? GUEST: ISSUE IS EFFECTED IN
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Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
THE FEDERAL BUDGET, THE DEFICIT, AND WHAT WE WILL DO ABOUT THE DEBT. ONE REGION WHERE THAT WILL COME FROM, I DO NOT KNOW. -- WHERE THAT WILL COME FROM,...
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| 00:27:41 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TAG IS $1 BILLION A YEAR THROUGH 2018. CAN WE AFFORD IT? GUEST: WE HAVE TO
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Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
AFFORD IT. WHEN YOU LOOK OF THE COST BENEFIT, IT IS ENORMOUS IN ABOUT THREE YEARS, THE SYSTEM IS PAID FOR ITSELF. WHEN YOU REALIZE FUEL IS THE SINGLE...
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| 00:28:46 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
AN INDEPENDENT IN WILMINGTON, VT.. THANK YOU FOR WAITING. CALLER: I WOULD
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CALLER, -
LIKE TO CHALLENGE YOU ON VARIOUS THINGS. YOU ARE SPEAKING ABOUT YOUR INDUSTRY, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY MAKING AMERICA A SAFER. IN THE...
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| 00:30:12 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
YOUR FIRST POINT. WHAT WAS IT? CALLER: THE
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DEFENSE INDUSTRY DOES NOT KEEP AMERICA SAFE. WE CREATE PROBLEMS BROUGHT THE WORLD. WE SUPPLY WEAPONS FOR PEOPLE TO USE ON THEIR OWN PEOPLE AND EXPAND...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
WILL START THERE. MARION BLAKEY COME AT YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? -- DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? GUEST:
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| 00:30:45 |
Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY IS CALLED ON BY THE CONGRESS AND THE PENTAGON TO SUPPLY THE EQUIPMENT THAT WILL PROTECT WAR FIGHTERS AND ENABLE US TO DEAL WITH...
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Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
THAT IS SOMETHING PEOPLE LOVE TO THROW UP AS A RED HERRING. LOBBYISTS, THOSE ON THE HILL, ARE USUALLY MAKING THE CASE FOR A SPECIFIC ISSUE IN THE COURSE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ARE YOU A REGISTERED LOBBYIST? GUEST: NO. HOST: FLORIDA, IS THAT
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE. -- ZACH ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
THANK YOU TO "WASHINGTON JOURNAL." YOU GUYS TO A GREAT JOB. MY QUESTION TO YOU IS IT SEEMS YOU ARE PUTTING ALL OF THE BLAME ON THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE...
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| 00:34:28 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
GOT YOUR POINT. LET'S LEAVE IT THERE, WITH THE FUTURE OF NASA. GUEST: WE BELIEVE NASA HAS
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Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
A GREAT FUTURE. IT IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR EXPLORATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES. HIT US CONTRIBUTED SO MANY THINGS TO THIS COUNTRY,...
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| 00:35:57 |
Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
THE LAST LUNCH. IT WAS VERY EXCITING. WISH I COULD BEAT ED -- I WISH I COULD BE AT EACH OF THEM. GABRIELLE GIFFORDS WILL BE THERE. WILL BE AN EXCITING...
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| 00:36:30 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
YOU WATCHED THE LAST ONE? IN THE CONTROL ROOM, OUTSIDE? GUEST: JUST
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Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
OUTSIDE, IN A TOWER THAT WAS NOT TERRIBLY FAR AWAY. I WATCHED IT ON TELEVISION, AND IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT. FOR ONE THING, YOU SEE THE FLAME, AND IT IS...
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| 00:37:12 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
BURLINGTON, VT., RON, ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE WITH MARION BLAKEY, WHO SERVED AS THE FAA ADMINISTRATOR FROM 2002 UNTIL 2007. SHE IS CURRENTLY PRESIDENT...
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CALLER, -
CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL OF THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. IS IT TRUE THAT BOEING WILL BE BUILDING A PLANT IN CHINA, AND FURTHERMORE, I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THE RESTRICTIONS,...
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| 00:38:17 |
Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
FAMILIAR WITH ANY REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU ARE LAID OUT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, THE WAY THOSE AGREEMENTS WORK. I THINK IT VERY MUCH...
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| 00:40:19 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
OF COMMERCE THE MAROC, IT WILL BE THE 10TH ANNUAL AVIATION'S CEMETERY YOU ARE SPEAKING THEIR -- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, IT WILL BE THE 10TH ANNUAL AVIATION...
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CALLER, -
THE BENEFITS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. I WILL USE ANOTHER EVENT THAT WAS IN THE NEWS RECENTLY, AND THIS WAS THE RECENT GO AROUND, AND THE RECENT ABORTIVE LANDING...
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| 00:41:54 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
WITH MISTAKES LIKE THAT HAPPENING AND THE SKIES BECOMING MORE CROWDED, ARE YOU 100% CONFIDENT THE SKIES ARE SAVED?
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| 00:42:02 |
Blakey, Marion C. - President and CEO
GUEST: I AM CONFIDENT. WHEN YOU LOOK TO THE STATISTICS ABOUT THE NUMBERS OF AIRCRAFT THAT TAKEOFF AND LAND, WE ARE RUNNING A VERY SAFE SYSTEM. HOST:...
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| 00:42:15 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
BEING HERE AND TALKING TO OUR VIEWERS, MARION BLAKEY. WE APPRECIATE IT. UP NEXT, WE WILL TALK ABOUT CELL PHONE TRACKING AND PRIVACY ISSUES, BUT NEXT...
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CONGRESSMAN JAMES CLIBURN, THE NO. 3 DEMOCRAT IN THE HOUSE SPEAKING EARLIER TODAY SAYS HE BELIEVES CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE CAN FIND A CONSENSUS ON...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.