in the seattle metroplex. mr. chairman, the complaints in seattle is -- about surmounting the non-technical barriers to implementing nextgen. i'm expecting that the final tasking from the faa to my chairmanship will be to explore these non-technical peers at of afford to recommending have to effectively cut through these barriers in the future. a couple closing thoughts. as i just put out my jetblue had for today, first of all, jetblue operates primarily in the congested northeast airspace with our two biggest focus is being that of new york's kennedy airport, where the largest airline, and also at boston logan airport, fourth largest care. jetblue believes in the promise of nextgen. we certainly do. the industry does. we are required solutions today. this is on behalf of the 39 people that we are accommodating over the course of 2012, and growing. so when we think about some of the partnerships, and again i won't go into details by the deputy secretary and administered, the 80 out partnering that we're doing in t

working together to improve air traffic control and the metroplex.e are creating new and more direct routes that will relieve congestion and improve safety and efficiency. by changing the way we approach the problem, we are improving our airspace and under the old way of doing business, these changes will have taken five to tenures. we are seeing great progress in houston, atlanta, charlotte, california, north texas and in metropolitan washington dc. more regions will follow. we have learned lessons from the past regarding our program and we developed best practices moving forward. with elevated and strengthened our nextgen organization and have created a new program management organization. this will strengthen and improve the coordination among nextgen initiatives. this new approach, as well as our improved working relationship is already showing the results. it is operating at nine centers around the country and we plan to use an editor at 20 centers. they are using it as the primary technology to direct air traffic. it sets the stage for taking a

this is happening today in the seattle metroplex. mr. chairman, success taking place is as much about the tech illogical improvements as it is about surmounting the non-technical barriers to employment in nexgen. i'm expecting from the faa to an actor in a chairmanship will be to explore non-technical barriers and i look forward to effectively cutting through these bears in the future. a couple closing thoughts. as i just put on my jetblue have for today, first of all jetblue operates primarily in the congested northeast airspace with our two biggest focus cities being that of new york's kennedy airport, the largest airline and also boston logan airport over the largest carrier. .. >> deed utilizing constant vertical descent with a content clear flightpath. shorter lifetimes as well as reduced yule burning omissions and cleaner skies initiative in seattle. i think that in my closing thoughts, very good progress has taken place on behalf of our airlines. as i put my hat on. i think that i would be remiss if i did not comment that we are a