That's easy for Abramowitz to say. He doesn't do the work. To make matters worse, all construction work is supposed to be done without disturbing airport operations. With the passenger paramount, construction scheduling and phasing become critical. But even with the best laid plans, tempers flare while engines roar overhead.
Players come and go.
Schedules slip, owners fret and more tempers flare. Despite all of that, there has been progress. There are two new parking garages with 5,700 spaces. For Terminal Four's replacement, the port authority decided, for the first time at JFK, to award a lease to a non-airline. The terminal is expected to serve about 50 airlines.