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Which can reach far into the sky like the one that flew by the space needle or the one that flew into a new york building fell and hit a pedestrian. >> the faa is going to have to work harder and faster to got these rules written. >> reporter: senator charles schumer recently called the new york area the wild west for drones and new rules from the faa are not expected until the end of this year. david kerley, abc news, seattle. >> so really is like the wild west out there when it comes to drones...

So as they came up the east coast, they began to be issued holding instructions, and they held for three different times. >> the delays total 77 minutes. around 8:20 p.m., they have only a little more than 14,000 pounds of fuel left, enough for another hour or so in the air. >> during those holding patterns, thats when the flight engineer should have made sure that the fuel levels were fine. >> avianca 052 heavy, im going to bring you to the northeast, is that fine with your fuel? >> i guess so....

Help them shave off $637 million from their budget. joining us via skype is tom casey. tom is a retired american airlines pilot and flight instructor. so, tom, lets talk about safety in the skies. could this compromise that? >> well, theres so many unintended consequences about this. safety is one consideration. but delays are another consideration. it plays into safety. holding patterns are going to be more -- were going to see more holding patterns. they will be unexpected so planes will have ...

It soon becomes one. >> in new york, the weather was bad. so, as they came up the east coast, they began to be issued holding instructions and they held for three different times. >> the delays total 77 minutes. around 8:20 pm, they only have a little more than 14,000 pounds of fuel left. enough for another hour or so in the air. >> during those holding patterns, thats when the flighç engineer should have made sure that the fuel levels were fine. >> avianca 0 52 heavy. im going to bring you 15 ...

Coast, as they began to be issued holding instructions. and they held for three different times. >> the delays totaled 77 minutes. around 8:20 p.m. they have only a little more than 14,000 pounds of fuel left. enough for another hour or so in the air. >> during those holding patterns, thats when the flight engineer should have made sure that the fuel levels were fine. >> they inquired with air traffic controllers about how much longer it was going to be. they were complaining about their fuel le...

A consequence will overtime stabilize fuel prices in a way that is very helpful to the airlines. the second thing that we need to do is that we have to upgrade our air traffic control system. which is a little creaky, and one of the things -- well, dont worry, it is safe to travel and i dont want anybody to think, man, creaky, that doesnt sound good. [ laughter ] what it is, is that because we dont use the latest technologies, a lot of times, you know, the holding patterns for planes, and how ma...