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But, again, this is not what the union is asking for. the union is not asking for this. this is a joint recommendation with the faa, based on science. we incorporated data from studies on department of defendants controllers, from nasa, and, again, we're not alone in working shift work. there's a lot of science and data out there that shows that people who work shift work, who have to cover 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, are different than those who work 9:00 to 5:00. there's a lot of stories out there that says what the union wants. it's not really what the union wants. it's mitigating the fa...

>> hold on one second. >> sure. >> why are they so tired on the job? >> well, fatigue-wise, controllers work the most unusual work shift, a ratler shift. >> why do they do that? why don't they have regular shifts midnight to 8:00 a.m. or 8:00 a.m. to -- >> straight shifts? >> yeah. >> why do they work shifts that change all the time? >> because if you did that, then some of the controllers would be working all of the busy traffic, other controllers working much less busy traffic and the proficiency would suffer because you get guys working -- men and women working all of the busy airplanes and...