Our force was reduced initially by 352 people, but we actually hired 100 people on top of that to come into air traffic controlling and other inspector jobs. So The critical safety mission will not be impacted by any cuts. He says those pay raises will start coming in next month and coming up at 5. He said that getting in more air traffic controllers was a part of phase one, so we'll bring you more details on his vision for the future. (01:39–01:44)
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Asserts that the critical safety mission will remain unaffected by workforce cuts.
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