:44:00
-l had to go out in the field.
-We got trouble, Mel.
:44:03
l talked to the lawyer
for those Meadowood people,
:44:05
and he says
unless we stop planes...
:44:07
from taking off
over their houses by midnight,
:44:09
he's starting a damage suit...
:44:11
first thing in the morning
for $10 million.
:44:14
That's a nice round figure.
He hasn't got a prayer.
:44:17
He might not win,
but he can sue.
:44:20
Any legal action
will only make...
:44:21
our public relations
worse than they already are,
:44:24
and that's something
the other commissioners and l...
:44:26
don't want to risk.
:44:29
What do you propose to do
about it?
:44:31
Well, there's only one answer--
shut down runway 22...
:44:33
and cut out the noise
over Meadowood.
:44:35
And with two-niner out,
:44:36
that means closing down
the airport completely.
:44:38
Only until morning.
:44:39
After all, you've promised them
dozens of times...
:44:42
you wouldn't disturb
their sleep.
:44:44
l promised we wouldn't take off
over their houses...
:44:46
unless there was an emergency,
:44:47
and l promised them
something else:
:44:49
ln the foreseeable future,
:44:50
the noise problem would not
get any better.
:44:52
lf you don't want to spend
a couple of months in court,
:44:55
you better start
conning them a little.
:44:58
You think lying to them
is the answer?
:45:00
Oh, Mel.
:45:01
There's your answer.
:45:03
A modern expanded airport
big and efficient enough...
:45:06
to take anything
the designers can throw at us.
:45:09
That means buying off
Meadowood...
:45:11
and rezoning it
for industrial use...
:45:12
so the noise won't make
any difference.
:45:14
l didn't come here to talk
about the future of aviation.
:45:17
Well, you better start,
:45:19
and you better start
looking ahead a few years.
:45:21
What are we going to do...
:45:22
about these jumbos
that seat 500 passengers?
:45:24
How will we get people
to and from the airport?
:45:27
Save that for the women's clubs
and the Rotary luncheons.
:45:30
We've got to be practical.
:45:32
Sure, sure, ignore it.
Don't stick your neck out.
:45:34
lt's about time that you
and the other commissioners...
:45:37
began fighting
for a bond issue...
:45:39
to finance this kind
of an airport...
:45:41
instead of running around...
:45:42
checking to see
if the toilets flush.
:45:44
l don't think insulting me is
going to solve anything,
:45:47
so let's get back
to our immediate problem.
:45:48
We've got to make a decision
about tonight!
:45:51
l've made it.
The airport's staying open.
:45:53
Mel, stop being so bullheaded.
Think of the consequences.
:45:56
Don't talk to me
about consequences.
:45:58
When Congress voted to cut
airport appropriations,