Airport (1970): Plans for The Airport

The clip Plans for The Airport from Airport (1970) with Burt Lancaster

Hi, Mel. I was just going to have you paged.
I had to go out in the field.
We got trouble, Mel.
I talked to the lawyer for those Meadowood people,
and he says unless we stop planes...
from taking off over their houses by midnight,
he's starting a damage suit...
first thing in the morning for $10 million.
That's a nice round figure. He hasn't got a prayer.
He might not win, but he can sue.
Any legal action will only make...
our public relations worse than they already are,
and that's something the other commissioners and I...
don't want to risk.
What do you propose to do about it?
Well, there's only one answer- shut down runway 22...
and cut out the noise over Meadowood.
And with two-niner out,
that means closing down the airport completely.
Only until morning.
After all, you've promised them dozens of times...
you wouldn't disturb their sleep.
I promised we wouldn't take off over their houses...
unless there was an emergency,
and I promised them something else:
In the foreseeable future,
the noise problem would not get any better.
If you don't want to spend a couple of months in court,
you better start conning them a little.
You think lying to them is the answer?
Oh, Mel.
There's your answer.
A modern expanded airport big and efficient enough...
to take anything the designers can throw at us.
That means buying off Meadowood...
and rezoning it for industrial use...
so the noise won't make any difference.
I didn't come here to talk about the future of aviation.
Well, you better start,
and you better start looking ahead a few years.
What are we going to do...
about these jumbos that seat 500 passengers?
How will we get people to and from the airport?
Save that for the women's clubs and the Rotary luncheons.
We've got to be practical.
Sure, sure, ignore it. Don't stick your neck out.
It's about time that you and the other commissioners...
began fighting for a bond issue...
to finance this kind of an airport...
instead of running around...
checking to see if the toilets flush.
I don't think insulting me is going to solve anything,
so let's get back to our immediate problem.
We've got to make a decision about tonight!
I've made it. The airport's staying open.

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