ing their radar fixed. as a congresswoman, but also as somebody who understands the air traffic game as a pilot, what does that mean to you? well, it s really scary. as a pilot knowing how much you depend on air traffic controllers, knowing how much you understand the weather wrou going to be facing as you re flying, that s critically important. also as somebody who has operated in high stress environments like our air traffic controllers do. when i was in the navy, to have this added stress on our controllers not know whg their next paycheck is coming, how they are going to take care of their family. then you add in the layer of the air traffic controllers, we heard about 20% of them are eligible for retirement. and if they start retiring now, how that s going to create problems.
helicopter pilot and a new democratic representative from new jersey. congresswoman mikey sheryl joins me now. congratulations. good to have you on the show. thank you for having me on the show. i watched your guest talk about the problems with the air traffic controllers. our air traffic controllers are just as worried as he is. it s got the crew here shaken us. we hadn t heard anything like that 52% capacity. they are not get. ing their radar fixed. as a congresswoman, but also as somebody who understands the air traffic game as a pilot, what does that mean to you? well, it s really scary. as a pilot knowing how much you depend on air traffic controllers, knowing how much you understand the weather wrou going to be facing as you re flying, that s critically important. also as somebody who has operated in high stress environments like our air traffic controllers do. when i was in the navy, to have this added stress on our controllers not know whg their