How does that work? So we should spend...well, what we're thinking is to commit up to $16 billion to purchase a particular aircraft because you have a better chance then of getting the contract? That seems to be an awfully big roll of the dice for a country to make. If you're such a great competitor, which I believe, then they would want you, just as Air China does or the German army air school or Korean Air or the RCAF wants you. If what you're suggesting is we need to sign this contract now, even though we're not planning to sign it until 2013, if we go ahead, we should then somehow contract you to look after the simulators for our 65 jets and then hope that this will get you work with.... That seems to be an awful stretch to me, as a strategy, to get work for Canadians.
On October 5th, 2010. See this statement in context.