We've streamlined the process, the application process, to get more controllers in, number one. Number two, we're taking the best qualified candidates on the entrance exam and putting them in the academy first. Andrew, We have a 35% washout rate at the academy, so we're losing a lot of our kids. And by the way, I'm okay with a washout rate. That's fine. But let's get the best young people in there so they can get through the program, take the final test and get into a tower and get trained up and get certified. (01:42–01:46)
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