we have been fiddling around with nexgen technology before the turn of the century. and company after company, the best names in technology, aviation technology, were included. i was in the computer business before i came here. and the fact of the matter is that there was failure after failure after failure, with billions of dollars spent. and so why we want you to push along, hurry it up as much as you can, but i think on balance that it has to be recognized that you're not responsible for the delay but you will be responsible for the management of where we go and we look forward to that. i think that we're fortunate that you're here willing to serve at this job because you're not going to get lots of pats on the back no matter what you do. the air traffic control tower at newark liberty airport is critical to the entire aviation system, to the flying public. but the tower is constantly understaffed. i received many assurances from the faa over the years that this issue would be remedied, but the problem persists. we're still short a significant number of fully trai