… controllers in Oklahoma City shut down and didn't ramp up fast enough during the COVID years. And so it's exacerbated the problem. And so what I've done now is again, The mandatory age of retirement for a controller is 56. Most of them retire at 51, 50 to 53, because they can retire after 25 years of service. What I've done is I've offered them a 20% bonus to stay on. (05:07–05:11)
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