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to take anything the designers can throw at us. 763 00:45:09,916 --> 00:45:13,085 That means buying up Meadowood and rezoning it for industrial use 764 00:45:13,169 --> 00:45:14,711 so the noise won't make any difference. 765 00:45:14,796 --> 00:45:18,131 I didn't come here to talk about the future of aviation. 766 00:45:18,216 --> 00:45:19,716 You better start. 767 00:45:19,801 --> 00:45:21,885 And you better start looking ahead a few years. 768 00:45:21,969 --> 00:45:25,597 What are we gonna do about these jumbos that seat 500 passengers? 769 00:45:25,681 --> 00:45:27,974 How will we get the people to and from the airport? 770 00:45:28,059 --> 00:45:29,684 Save that for the women's clubs 771 00:45:29,769 --> 00:45:31,061 and the Rotary luncheons. 772 00:45:31,145 --> 00:45:32,479 We've got to be practical. 773 00:45:32,563 --> 00:45:34,022 Sure, sure. Ignore it. 774 00:45:34,107 --> 00:45:35,732 Don't stick your neck out. 775 00:45:35,817 --> 00:45:37,776 It's about time that you and the other commissioners 776 00:45:37,860 --> 00:45:42,239 began fighting for a bond issue to finance this kind of an airport, 777 00:45:42,323 --> 00:45:44,991 instead of running around checking to see if the toilets flush. 778 00:45:45,076 --> 00:45:47,452 I don't think insulting me will solve anything 779 00:45:47,537 --> 00:45:49,579 so why don't we get back to our immediate problem? 780 00:45:49,664 --> 00:45:52,040 We've got to make a decision about tonight. 781 00:45:52,125 --> 00:45:53,208 I've made it. 782 00:45:53,292 --> 00:45:54,334 The airport's staying open. 783 00:45:54,419 --> 00:45:56,753 Stop being so bull-headed. Think of the consequences. 784 00:45:56,838 --> 00:45:59,256 Don't talk to me about consequences. 785 00:45:59,340 --> 00:46:01,800 When Congress voted to cut airport appropriations 786 00:46:01,884 --> 00:46:04,261 you never even sent in a letter of protest. 787 00:46:04,345 --> 00:46:07,013 Where were you when the airlines and the pilots and the rest of us 788 00:46:07,098 --> 00:46:10,434 were pleading for more airports and better traffic control? 789 00:46:10,518 --> 00:46:13,103 You were picking out the colors in the ladies' lounge. 790 00:46:13,187 --> 00:46:16,398 So now you've got your consequences, congested air traffic 791 00:46:16,482 --> 00:46:19,901 where Sunday pilots hold up airliners with thousands of people aboard 792 00:46:19,986 --> 00:46:23,738 and force us to stack up planes bound for New York as far away as Denver. 793 00:46:23,823 --> 00:46:26,491 When it comes to politics, you're a child. 794 00:46:26,576 --> 00:46:28,618 Two of our councilmen live in Meadowood. 795 00:46:28,703 --> 00:46:30,787 Think what they can do to us downtown. 796 00:46:30,872 --> 00:46:33,832 I'm thinking of those pilots upstairs waiting to land, 797 00:46:33,916 --> 00:46:36,835 flying blind in that muck and circling in holding patterns 798 00:46:37,545 --> 00:46:39,463 and praying to God that some tired, overworked, 799 00:46:39,547 --> 00:46:41,298 underpaid controller in the tower 800 00:46:41,382 --> 00:46:43,508 doesn't have another plane on the same course. 801 00:46:43,593 --> 00:46:46,303 You can call it pigheaded, call it anything you want. 802 00:46:46,387 --> 00:46:49,723 But as long as we're not below FAA minimums, we're not closing down. 803 00:46:51,225 --> 00:46:53,477 All right, if that's the way you want it. 804 00:46:53,561 --> 00:46:55,937 I'm calling the other commissioners and I'll let you know 805 00:46:56,022 --> 00:46:58,356 what our decision is within an hour. 806 00:46:58,441 --> 00:46:59,441 That's your privilege. 807 00:46:59,525 --> 00:47:01,693 You hired me. You've got the right to fire me. 808 00:47:01,777 --> 00:47:04,154 But until you do, this airport is staying open. 809 00:47:53,246 --> 00:47:54,871 Do you wish to make a reservation? 810 00:47:54,956 --> 00:47:56,373 No, I don't. 811 00:47:56,457 --> 00:47:59,209 Could you please tell me if there's a flight to Rome tonight? 812 00:47:59,293 --> 00:48:03,713 Yes. Our Golden Argosy, Flight Two. It departs at 10:00 p.m. 813 00:48:03,798 --> 00:48:06,967 Only tonight, it's delayed one hour due to weather conditions. 814 00:48:08,302 --> 00:48:11,721 It's very important to me to find out if somebody's on that flight. 815 00:48:11,806 --> 00:48:14,099 His name is D.O. Guerrero. 816 00:48:14,183 --> 00:48:17,561 I'm terribly sorry. We're not allowed to give out that information. 817 00:48:17,645 --> 00:48:19,187 You don't understand. 818 00:48:19,272 --> 00:48:20,981 The person I'm asking about is my husband. 819 00:48:21,065 --> 00:48:23,900 Well, I'm sorry, but it's a company rule. 820 00:48:23,985 --> 00:48:26,361 You might go out to the airport, 821 00:48:26,445 --> 00:48:28,905 if you can get there before th