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You can do that from a distance. those would probably be either highly defined mobile targets or fixed targets. clearly the advantage of unmanned aerial vehicles is you dont have a pilot at risk, and you dont have to have the additional capability of the search and rescue capability that has to be robust and has to be present in case theres either a maintenance or a downed aircraft problem, and you have to go rescue that pilot. so clearly it can be done, and it can be done without forces on the ...

777, its a pretty great safe aircraft. i mean, its had a good track record, hasnt it? >> absolutely. of course, it was the subject of the asiana crash, but that turned out to be a pilot error problem, as well. in this particular aircraft, it has been around 20 years. its one of the finest aircraft around. i certainly think that its still a safe aircraft. i have no reason to think otherwise. i have actually booked my own son on one for this summer. so i dont think its an aircraft problem. but we ...

An aircraft problem versus an airline problem? >> absolutely. when you look at the pressure rye zags cycle, it takes off and starts at landing. thats how we gauge an airplane, not in calendar years but cycles. for a boeing 737, its young for its vintage, given the fact that other planes are 70, 80,000 cycles in the same vintage. thats why its of concern to the ntsb and faa. in a please that even the manufacturer had not anticipated in the past. >> ive heard experts say and ntsb saying, this is n...

Even a year, they will be done at these periodic cycle intervals. >> okay. and that makes good sense. lets look at the boeing 737-300, 288 of which are currently operating in the u.s. fleet, about 931 worldwide. is there a concern among industry insiders about the 737-300? >> well, i think right now, the 737-300, which is the older generation 73 still in service, i think the concern is its a heightened awareness because of these events, and of course, because southwest seems to be the unfortunat...