One of the really interesting things of the last decade is that the application of computers and microchips to all modes of transportation means that even the cab of truck is not anything like the cab of a truck 20 or 30 years ago, yet our workforce in the transportation sector is one of the oldest demographically.
There's going to be a major changeover in the next few years. If you are inviting people from the various modes to come and speak to this committee, you will hear that a major concern of almost all the modes is the aging workforce and the need to attract new workers into the business over the next few years.
At the moment what we have are long-serving employees who sometimes feel threatened by technological change rather than embracing it. When industry talks to us, they tell us of the challenge of recruiting a new generation into the business, because in other sectors of the economy you don't work the hours you work in transportation. They are odd hours, long hours, often on weekends, and 24/7 is now the norm in a number of parts of the sector. Transportation jobs are not as attractive to the younger generation, perhaps, as jobs in other parts of the economy.