They all start their, their, their home finances fall apart and they're all going to have to look at taking second jobs or quitting and getting into another line of work. And the consequence of that is very real for our air system. We are 2 to 3,000 air traffic controllers short. I'm trying to put more air traffic controllers into the system and what this is doing is making it more challenging and actually taking controllers out of the system. (01:16–01:19)
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Asserts a shortage of 2,000 to 3,000 air traffic controllers.
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