And so what I've done is I'm taking the top qualified, the best qualified qualified applicants who take the entrance exam, I'm putting them in the academy first. It was taking a year and a half to get a slot in the academy until you got your seat in the Academy. If you're 25 years old, you're gonna find a new job. So we were losing potential candidates to go to the academy. (08:47–08:55)
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Asserts that it previously took a year and a half to get a slot in the air traffic control academy.
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