for us in washington. tom, you know a fact well that not a lot of americans know, and that is at any given time there are probably more than 9,000 airplanes over the united states carrying more than 1.2 million people. it's not a daily figure, that's an at any given time figure. >> boy, you nailed it. not only that, 100,000 people are in the skies at any one time. 100,000 people are in the skies at any one time. today they are being protected by tsa officers on the ground, not getting paid. air traffic controllers watching you in the skies, and the atc folks not getting paid. they have just filed this lawsuit. they are asking for an injunction. specifically, they are alleging a violation of their 5th amendment right, specifically the fact they are deprived of their earned wages. here is a statement quickly from the national air traffic controllers' association. they say nafka also alleges violations of the air standards act and failure to pay at least