spectacle that i possibly can. i should point out these aircraft, it s at least last year were at record capacity, that of the planes in the air, they were more than 83% filled. so the airlines are just trying to figure out a way to squeeze every last dollar out of those passengers. one other way is to reduce the weight of the plane. that cuts down on jet fuel costs. jenna: they re looking to lighten the seats a little bit. we didn t even get to lightening the passengers. people are having a tough time getting squeezed into seats right now. jenna: it is not comfortable and knowing that the planes are at capacity is only further fact that the planes really are as crowded as we think they are. thank you. you re welcome. good to see you. just don t take out the lavatories. bio fuels are supposed to be better for the environment but turns out, according to one study, that may not be the case
whether it s nurse practitioner, a doctor, what do you think is the impact? well, it s hard to say with the long term effect will be on people s interests to go into health care but what we ve seen in our own medical schools is we ve had record numbers of applications. and our medical schools, because of the physician shortage, have gotten to record capacity. the challenge now is we may not have enough residency training programs, graduate training that all physicians need in their various specialties to practice independently to accommodate all the u.s. graduates and i think that s where folks may get discouraged. jenna: is that because simply these hospitals cannot accept more residents or why is there not a place for these medical graduates to go? so the challenge, the real problem that s driven the shortage of physicians has been since the balance budget act of 1997, congress limited medicare s approach of sharing