this was recognized last year when he was given the sandra taub humanitarian award for the breast cancer association. it's my great personal and professional privilege to introduce richard anderson. [ applause ] >>> carol, thanks for having me here today and nick for that very kind introduction. we're fortunate to have nick's leadership because we are going through a very significant change there in modernizing the organization. that's really what i want to talk about today and this is a great opportunity do that because everyone here has a significant interest and all of you here are significant thought leaders in the airline business. and i'm going to make a distinction about a national aviation policy. i'm not here to talk about that. i'm here to talk about a national airline policy. that's different than a national aviation policy. and i'll explain to you why. over the course of the last 20-some years, how many of you remember the belyles commission? some of the people here were on it. how about the gore commission? the mineta commission? how about free flight? how many people here r