federal flight deck officer program is predicated on the fact that the program is not risk based, and you will have an ffdo just, you know, whether somebody is on a flight or not, and we are moving in the tsa to risk-based systems and those are the ones we ll put money into. reporter: there is strong opposition 4 morning at the heritage foundation, a conservative think tank in washington. panelis argued gwynn a budget cut of 50% at one point suggesting this white house believes terrorism is a thing of the past. the obama administration has had an institutional hostility towards the concept of arming pilots, and spefg th specifically the ffdo program since the beginning. reporter: they say it provides a safety net at a reasonable price costing less than checking your suitcase. according to estimates ffdo s only cost $15 per flight