Senator John D. Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) says that the commercial aviation system is teetering on the brink of collapse, at a hearing on the outlook for summer travel. Rockefeller says the aviation industry is cutting capacity and that changes in airline industry are going to be painful for airlines and for the communities which they serve. (0:43)

 

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At a hearing on the outlook of summer air travel, John Meenan, vice president and chief operating officer of the Air Transport Association, says that the Department of Transportation (DoT) is not doing much to deal with the growing air traffic congestion. Meenan continues to say that the DoT is pushing congestion pricing and slot auctions which no one in the aviation world has used successfully.

 

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