That takes time. It's, you know, two to three years to certify a controller after they come out of the academy. What we've also done is Controllers can retire after 25 years of service. And again, these are the best, these are the best equipped controllers that we have. And so I've offered them a 20% upfront bonus of their salary to get them to stay on the job, not retire. (09:30–09:33)
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