But what you would note, and Nick was very astute to make this point to me, many of the controllers are retiring before the age of 56. So they can retire at, I think The average age [of retirement] is, if I'm right, 53, 52. somewhere, somewhere in there. So we're out of the game at 56. Which is why I've gone to Nick and said, how do we get those controllers at 52 and 53 and 54 to get them to stay on? (01:39–01:43)
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Asserts that the average retirement age for air traffic controllers is around 52 or 53.
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