How important the modernization effort that's underway right now is to making sure that drones can be deployed, evitals can be deployed. I want to thank The Congress and the president [provided] $12.5 billion down payment [for air traffic control modernization]. they gave us to start this process. The total we need is $31.5 billion. But we can start the process. What we are doing, Brian and I have had a lot of conversations. (15:35–15:37)
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