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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, that's when the flight engineer should have made sure that the fuel levels were fine. >> avianca 052 heavy, i'm going to bring you to the northeast, is that fine with your fuel? >> i guess so. thank you very much. >> they inquired with air traffic controllers how much longer it would be, t...

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, let's talk about safety in the skies. could this compromise that? >> well, there's 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 -- we're going to see more holding patterns. they will be unexpected so planes will have to carry more fuel. the cockpit, the pilot will have to make more decisions with respect to conti...

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, that's when the flighç engineer should have made sure that the fuel levels were fine. >> avianca 0 52 heavy. i'm going to bring you 15 miles northeast and then turn you back to the approach. >> i guess i -- >> they inquired with air ...

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, that's 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 levels. air traffic control asked where their alternate was, which was for bostonment but the first o...

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, don't worry, it is safe to travel and i don't want anybody to think, man, creaky, that doesn't sound good. [ laughter ] what it is, is that because we don't use the latest technologies, a lot of times, you know, the holding patterns for planes, and how many planes can land safely at the same time, all of those things are reducing the overall system ...