budgetary disarray? >> yes, the flight safety, the function of flight safety has not been affected. they have been budgeted. the inspectors are still on the job doing their oversight roles for the airline and charter and commercial aviation industry. that has not been affected. it's these ground programs. it is these airport improvements and of course the new generation air traffic control system that congress really wanted the faa to start pushing forward to improve safety in the skies. >> in your estimation do you think if these 4,000 furloughed workers and more than 70,000 within the construction arm are really just caught in a political tangle right now? they're collateral damage in the fact that bewnt get things done in washington, d.c.? >> i think that's a very good way to put it. they are collateral damage. they have an essential function. unfortunately they've been declared nonessential. and so without the funding to