Firstly, as an industry, we sympathize with Nav Canada's problems. They're just like the rest of us. They're trying to keep their expenses from getting too far ahead of their revenues. Nav Canada has proposed a 30% rate increase to airlines. As an industry, we've come back to them and said they should look at cutting costs before they look at increasing rates.
As a Whitehorse-based operator, we have to be a little careful about criticizing every area in which they choose to cut costs. Having said that, there are some peculiarities with Whitehorse. We are a non-radar environment. That's probably the most significant differentiator between our control tower and other control towers. I think that if we were in a radar environment, if we had low-level radar, the safety considerations would be far less.
We've reached out. Nav Canada hasn't made a plan to formally close the tower. It's something they're considering. We've come back to them and are saying, “Look, without radar, there are some safety considerations.” We've asked if they could not look at perhaps reducing hours, reducing staffing or doing something else to save money instead.