I want to thank the Congress and the president for the $12.5 billion down payment they gave us to start this process. The total we need is $31.5 billion [for air traffic control modernization]. But we can start the process. What we are doing, Brian and I have had a lot of conversations. We believe setting this up right and is going to save us months and years in the back end. (31:05–31:10)
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