How many of those runways were built during the Bush Administration? Also, while the stat might be accurate, how many of those are super-long runways that, based on the longest takeoff roll of aircraft using the runway, effectively have a 1000 ft or greater safety zone due to their length???
This is a win-win for the Dems. GW is damned because he hasn't done anything. If he had pushed this, I'm sure it would involve airports acquiring new land, right? Then the POTUS would have eminent domain issues hung around his neck, and the could call him "King George."
The article goes on to say "The FAA says it is diligently upgrading the runways. The agency expects that all of them will meet the standard by 2015, when they are legally required to do so, according to FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown. "
How many of those runways were built during the Bush Administration?