It is unacceptable for passengers to be stranded in planes on the tarmac for hours on end.

Passengers want options, and when they have options, like passenger rail, they choose them.

We've had passengers stranded on taxiways for longer than that. I think it's really going to be a session for the secretary to browbeat people and really deflect blame from the Department of Transportation and the FAA.

Last summer as you recall the planes were bulging at the seams full of passengers, so there's a lot of equipment on those routes now that the airlines are trying to keep full this winter.

Scissors, screwdrivers and the like pose an unacceptable risk to flight crews as well passengers.

We cannot meet the needs of a growing country and a growing economy by simply maintaining our current level of effort. We must do more.