WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:09.375 SNA A SLOW REBOUND FOR ARIZONA'S ECONOMY, ECONOMISTS RELEASE 00:09.377 --> 00:12.077 ECONOMY, ECONOMISTS RELEASE THEIR FORECASTS. 00:12.079 --> 00:14.146 THEIR FORECASTS. SLOW ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND SLOW 00:14.148 --> 00:18.250 SLOW ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND SLOW GROWTH IN JOBS AND I THINK THAT 00:18.252 --> 00:20.052 GROWTH IN JOBS AND I THINK THAT THE PATH WE ARE ON IS RIGHT. 00:20.054 --> 00:22.721 THE PATH WE ARE ON IS RIGHT. >>> WHAT BUSINESSES ARE LOOKING 00:22.723 --> 00:24.556 >>> WHAT BUSINESSES ARE LOOKING FOR IN A WORKFORCE, WHAT THEY 00:24.558 --> 00:26.725 FOR IN A WORKFORCE, WHAT THEY FOUND AND THE RESOURCES 00:26.727 --> 00:28.060 FOUND AND THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR THE UNEMPLOYED. 00:28.062 --> 00:29.595 AVAILABLE FOR THE UNEMPLOYED. >> IF SOMEONE US OUT OF WORK 00:29.597 --> 00:33.032 >> IF SOMEONE US OUT OF WORK THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN OR 00:33.034 --> 00:35.067 THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN OR EVEN THROUGH FAULT OF THEIR OWN, 00:35.069 --> 00:36.001 EVEN THROUGH FAULT OF THEIR OWN, THIS CENTER HAS CASE MANAGERS TO 00:36.003 --> 00:38.303 THIS CENTER HAS CASE MANAGERS TO HELP FIND A JOB AND KEEP A JOB. 00:38.305 --> 00:40.339 HELP FIND A JOB AND KEEP A JOB. >> PLUS WHAT THE COMING YEARS 00:40.341 --> 00:42.641 >> PLUS WHAT THE COMING YEARS OLD FOR ARIZONA'S GROWTH. 00:42.643 --> 00:51.150 OLD FOR ARIZONA'S GROWTH. THIS IS ""ARIZONA WEEK." 00:51.152 --> 01:00.659 THIS IS ""ARIZONA WEEK." ¶ 01:00.661 --> 01:03.095 ¶ >>> AND ECONOMY IK AT THE 01:03.097 --> 01:05.464 >>> AND ECONOMY IK AT THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF 01:05.466 --> 01:07.433 ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION SAYS ARIZONA IS 01:07.435 --> 01:08.767 ADMINISTRATION SAYS ARIZONA IS EXPERIENCING SLOW GROWTH. 01:08.769 --> 01:10.069 EXPERIENCING SLOW GROWTH. OVERALL THE STATE NOT WHERE IT 01:10.071 --> 01:11.637 OVERALL THE STATE NOT WHERE IT USED TO BE BUT HEADED IN THE 01:11.639 --> 01:12.604 USED TO BE BUT HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 01:12.606 --> 01:16.108 RIGHT DIRECTION. LATE LAST WEEK ARIZONA PUBLIC 01:16.110 --> 01:18.710 LATE LAST WEEK ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA ZACK ZIG HER TRAVELED TO 01:18.712 --> 01:21.747 MEDIA ZACK ZIG HER TRAVELED TO ARIZONA TO MEET WITH AN 01:21.749 --> 01:22.114 ARIZONA TO MEET WITH AN ECONOMIST. 01:22.116 --> 01:24.183 ECONOMIST. >> FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS WE'VE 01:24.185 --> 01:30.823 >> FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS WE'VE SEEN A GROWTH OF 2.9% AND FOR 01:30.825 --> 01:34.760 SEEN A GROWTH OF 2.9% AND FOR 2014 THE GROWTH RATE IS 2.1. 01:34.762 --> 01:41.133 2014 THE GROWTH RATE IS 2.1. BUT FOR 2016 WE'RE EXPECTS 2.4. 01:41.135 --> 01:44.436 BUT FOR 2016 WE'RE EXPECTS 2.4. >> YOU SAY CONTINUED SLOW GROWTH 01:44.438 --> 01:45.971 >> YOU SAY CONTINUED SLOW GROWTH FOR THIS YEAR WITH THE 01:45.973 --> 01:48.307 FOR THIS YEAR WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE IN 2015. 01:48.309 --> 01:50.442 POSSIBILITY OF MORE IN 2015. COULD THAT POSSIBLY BE A TREND 01:50.444 --> 01:52.311 COULD THAT POSSIBLY BE A TREND FOR THE FUTURE? 01:52.313 --> 01:54.780 FOR THE FUTURE? >> WELL, THE TOTAL JOBS GAINED 01:54.782 --> 01:58.884 >> WELL, THE TOTAL JOBS GAINED IS ABOUT 140,000. 01:58.886 --> 02:02.221 IS ABOUT 140,000. IT'S ABOUT 53,500 JOBS IN 2014 02:02.223 --> 02:06.158 IT'S ABOUT 53,500 JOBS IN 2014 AND ABOUT 60,400 IN 2015. 02:06.160 --> 02:08.794 AND ABOUT 60,400 IN 2015. SO I WOULD SAY IF YOU ASK ME A 02:08.796 --> 02:10.662 SO I WOULD SAY IF YOU ASK ME A QUESTION OF ACCELERATION, WE 02:10.664 --> 02:12.097 QUESTION OF ACCELERATION, WE WOULDN'T SEE A WHOLE LOT THIS 02:12.099 --> 02:12.397 WOULDN'T SEE A WHOLE LOT THIS YEAR. 02:12.399 --> 02:14.099 YEAR. BUT WE CAN EXPECT SOME. 02:14.101 --> 02:16.235 BUT WE CAN EXPECT SOME. AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR. 02:16.237 --> 02:18.370 AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THE REASON BEING THAT WE HAVE 02:18.372 --> 02:20.139 THE REASON BEING THAT WE HAVE SEEN SOME SLOWDOWN IN THE FIRST 02:20.141 --> 02:21.773 SEEN SOME SLOWDOWN IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR AND WE ARE 02:21.775 --> 02:26.011 QUARTER OF THE YEAR AND WE ARE ALSO FEELING SOME OF THE 02:26.013 --> 02:28.046 ALSO FEELING SOME OF THE AFTEREFFECTS OF ALL OF THE 02:28.048 --> 02:29.548 AFTEREFFECTS OF ALL OF THE POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN ENACTED. 02:29.550 --> 02:31.783 POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN ENACTED. >> YOU MENTIONED OS TEARTY 02:31.785 --> 02:35.487 >> YOU MENTIONED OS TEARTY POLICY FROM THE GOVERNMENT. 02:35.489 --> 02:44.096 POLICY FROM THE GOVERNMENT. WHAT AFFECT DOES GOVERNMENT POS 02:44.098 --> 02:45.164 WHAT AFFECT DOES GOVERNMENT POS TEARTY HAVE? 02:45.166 --> 02:49.768 TEARTY HAVE? >> THE POLICIES MEANING SPENDING 02:49.770 --> 02:51.537 >> THE POLICIES MEANING SPENDING REDUCTION AND TAX INCREASES HAVE 02:51.539 --> 02:56.942 REDUCTION AND TAX INCREASES HAVE AN OVERALL AFFECT OR SLOWED DOWN 02:56.944 --> 02:57.976 AN OVERALL AFFECT OR SLOWED DOWN THE OVERALL GROWTH. 02:57.978 --> 03:00.913 THE OVERALL GROWTH. BEING ON A HIGHER TRAJECTORY HAD 03:00.915 --> 03:02.548 BEING ON A HIGHER TRAJECTORY HAD THESE THINGS NOT HAPPENED. 03:02.550 --> 03:04.149 THESE THINGS NOT HAPPENED. BECAUSE ARIZONA'S ECONOMY IS 03:04.151 --> 03:08.720 BECAUSE ARIZONA'S ECONOMY IS ABOUT 6.7% OF DEPENDANT ON 03:08.722 --> 03:11.590 ABOUT 6.7% OF DEPENDANT ON MILITARY RELATED EXPENDITURES. 03:11.592 --> 03:15.527 MILITARY RELATED EXPENDITURES. IF THAT SECTOR GETS AFFECTED, IT 03:15.529 --> 03:16.228 IF THAT SECTOR GETS AFFECTED, IT CERTAINLY HAS A TRICKLE DOWN 03:16.230 --> 03:18.864 CERTAINLY HAS A TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT OF SECTORS IN THE 03:18.866 --> 03:20.132 EFFECT OF SECTORS IN THE ECONOMY, MANUFACTURING, 03:20.134 --> 03:22.701 ECONOMY, MANUFACTURING, PROFESSION AND BUSINESS 03:22.703 --> 03:23.936 PROFESSION AND BUSINESS SERVICES, RETAIL EVEN BECAUSE 03:23.938 --> 03:26.905 SERVICES, RETAIL EVEN BECAUSE PEOPLE, WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE 03:26.907 --> 03:27.639 PEOPLE, WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE JOBS, THEY DON'T SPEND AS MUCH 03:27.641 --> 03:28.440 JOBS, THEY DON'T SPEND AS MUCH MONEY IN RETAIL. 03:28.442 --> 03:31.777 MONEY IN RETAIL. SO IT ACTUALLY HAS A TRICKLE 03:31.779 --> 03:33.612 SO IT ACTUALLY HAS A TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT ON GROWTH. 03:33.614 --> 03:35.948 DOWN EFFECT ON GROWTH. BUT THESE ARE THE FACTORS THAT I 03:35.950 --> 03:37.583 BUT THESE ARE THE FACTORS THAT I MENTIONED WOULD HAVE A DIRECT 03:37.585 --> 03:37.916 MENTIONED WOULD HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT. 03:37.918 --> 03:39.651 IMPACT. >> SOME OF THE GROWTH WE ARE 03:39.653 --> 03:41.787 >> SOME OF THE GROWTH WE ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS IN LOWER 03:41.789 --> 03:43.622 SEEING RIGHT NOW IS IN LOWER PAYING FIELDS. 03:43.624 --> 03:45.257 PAYING FIELDS. ARE THOSE FIELDS JUST GROWING 03:45.259 --> 03:46.158 ARE THOSE FIELDS JUST GROWING FASTER THAN OTHERS? 03:46.160 --> 03:49.261 FASTER THAN OTHERS? >> THE NUMBERS I GAVE YOU WERE 03:49.263 --> 03:55.367 >> THE NUMBERS I GAVE YOU WERE NOT OCCUPATIONS, THEY WERE EN Y 03:55.369 --> 03:57.336 NOT OCCUPATIONS, THEY WERE EN Y INDUSTRY NUMBERS. 03:57.338 --> 04:00.138 INDUSTRY NUMBERS. LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, LEE SURE AND 04:00.140 --> 04:02.541 LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, LEE SURE AND HOSPITALITY IS A LARGE SECTOR IN 04:02.543 --> 04:02.874 HOSPITALITY IS A LARGE SECTOR IN ARIZONA. 04:02.876 --> 04:04.743 ARIZONA. AND A SIGNIFICANT SHARE OF LEE 04:04.745 --> 04:06.712 AND A SIGNIFICANT SHARE OF LEE SURE AND HOSPITALITY IS FOOD 04:06.714 --> 04:08.647 SURE AND HOSPITALITY IS FOOD SERVICES AND DRINKING PLACES, E 04:08.649 --> 04:10.048 SERVICES AND DRINKING PLACES, E CERTAINLY THE BARS AND THE REST 04:10.050 --> 04:11.316 CERTAINLY THE BARS AND THE REST RAUBTS AND ALL OF THAT. 04:11.318 --> 04:13.018 RAUBTS AND ALL OF THAT. SO AS A LOT OF PEOPLE COME TO 04:13.020 --> 04:14.386 SO AS A LOT OF PEOPLE COME TO ARIZONA AND THE LOCAL PEOPLE AS 04:14.388 --> 04:16.555 ARIZONA AND THE LOCAL PEOPLE AS WELL, THEY SPEND IN ALL THESE 04:16.557 --> 04:16.888 WELL, THEY SPEND IN ALL THESE PLACES. 04:16.890 --> 04:18.890 PLACES. WE TEND TO HAVE A LOT OF JOBS 04:18.892 --> 04:26.765 WE TEND TO HAVE A LOT OF JOBS CREATED IN THOSE SECTOR. 04:26.767 --> 04:32.070 CREATED IN THOSE SECTOR. TO LEISURE IS A BIG IMPACT. 04:32.072 --> 04:34.406 TO LEISURE IS A BIG IMPACT. SOME OF THEM GET IMPACTED BY 04:34.408 --> 04:36.808 SOME OF THEM GET IMPACTED BY VIRTUE OF THE PEOPLE MOVING INTO 04:36.810 --> 04:38.477 VIRTUE OF THE PEOPLE MOVING INTO THE STATES AND DINING IN A LOT 04:38.479 --> 04:42.314 THE STATES AND DINING IN A LOT OF PLACES. 04:42.316 --> 04:44.716 OF PLACES. THERE ARE ALSO SECTORS LIKE 04:44.718 --> 04:45.917 THERE ARE ALSO SECTORS LIKE EDUCATION AND HEALTH SECTORS 04:45.919 --> 04:47.352 EDUCATION AND HEALTH SECTORS THAT ARE GROWING A LOT IN THE 04:47.354 --> 04:47.653 THAT ARE GROWING A LOT IN THE STATE. 04:47.655 --> 04:48.920 STATE. IN FACT THE FACTOR THAT'S RANKED 04:48.922 --> 04:50.956 IN FACT THE FACTOR THAT'S RANKED AT THE TOP IN TERMS OF THE TOTAL 04:50.958 --> 04:53.158 AT THE TOP IN TERMS OF THE TOTAL JOB GROWTH, NOT THE TERMS OF 04:53.160 --> 04:54.359 JOB GROWTH, NOT THE TERMS OF PERCENT, CONSTRUCTION IS THE 04:54.361 --> 04:55.994 PERCENT, CONSTRUCTION IS THE SECTOR WHICH IS RANKED IN TERMS 04:55.996 --> 04:57.596 SECTOR WHICH IS RANKED IN TERMS OF A HIGHER GROWTH RATE. 04:57.598 --> 04:59.965 OF A HIGHER GROWTH RATE. BUT IN TERMS OF TOTAL NUMBER OF 04:59.967 --> 05:02.267 BUT IN TERMS OF TOTAL NUMBER OF JOBS, IT'S THE EDUCATION AND ELT 05:02.269 --> 05:05.270 JOBS, IT'S THE EDUCATION AND ELT SERVICES WHICH IS ACTUALLY 05:05.272 --> 05:09.107 SERVICES WHICH IS ACTUALLY EXPECTED TO GAIN THE LARGEST 05:09.109 --> 05:13.078 EXPECTED TO GAIN THE LARGEST NUMBER OF JOB, 24,200 OVER THE 05:13.080 --> 05:15.580 NUMBER OF JOB, 24,200 OVER THE TWO-YEAR PERIOD AMOUNTING TO 05:15.582 --> 05:17.249 TWO-YEAR PERIOD AMOUNTING TO 6.5% OVER THE TWO YEARS. 05:17.251 --> 05:19.618 6.5% OVER THE TWO YEARS. >> THE STATE'S GROWTH RATE SITS 05:19.620 --> 05:20.886 >> THE STATE'S GROWTH RATE SITS AT JUST OVER 2%. 05:20.888 --> 05:23.388 AT JUST OVER 2%. IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A 05:23.390 --> 05:25.691 IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A HEALTHY GROWTH RATE OR EVEN AN 05:25.693 --> 05:26.525 HEALTHY GROWTH RATE OR EVEN AN UNHEALTHY GROWTH RATE? 05:26.527 --> 05:28.327 UNHEALTHY GROWTH RATE? >> IF YOU LOOK AT THE GROWTH 05:28.329 --> 05:32.731 >> IF YOU LOOK AT THE GROWTH RATE ITSELF, JUST TO GIVE YOU A 05:32.733 --> 05:39.971 RATE ITSELF, JUST TO GIVE YOU A COMPARISON, THE U.S., FOR THE 05:39.973 --> 05:44.409 COMPARISON, THE U.S., FOR THE PAST '12 AND 2013, BOTH HAD A 05:44.411 --> 05:44.976 PAST '12 AND 2013, BOTH HAD A GROWTH RATE. 05:44.978 --> 05:46.745 GROWTH RATE. COMPARING TO THE U.S., ARIZONA 05:46.747 --> 05:48.580 COMPARING TO THE U.S., ARIZONA IS DOING A LOT BETTER, IF YOU 05:48.582 --> 05:50.682 IS DOING A LOT BETTER, IF YOU TOOK ON ONE MEASURE IN TERMS OF 05:50.684 --> 05:51.183 TOOK ON ONE MEASURE IN TERMS OF GROWTH RATE. 05:51.185 --> 05:53.352 GROWTH RATE. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE GROWTH 05:53.354 --> 05:56.688 IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE GROWTH RATE OF ARIZONA IT'S 2.1% FOR 05:56.690 --> 05:58.123 RATE OF ARIZONA IT'S 2.1% FOR THE SAME YEARS THAT I SPOKE OF 05:58.125 --> 06:02.227 THE SAME YEARS THAT I SPOKE OF THAT THE U.S. HAD 1.7. 06:02.229 --> 06:04.496 THAT THE U.S. HAD 1.7. RELATIVE TO U.S. SKOEN IS DOING 06:04.498 --> 06:04.830 RELATIVE TO U.S. SKOEN IS DOING BETTER. 06:04.832 --> 06:06.565 BETTER. COULD IT BE DOING BETTER? 06:06.567 --> 06:09.167 COULD IT BE DOING BETTER? >> YES, IT COULD BE DOING WAY 06:09.169 --> 06:11.703 >> YES, IT COULD BE DOING WAY BETTER THAN 2.1. 06:11.705 --> 06:13.638 BETTER THAN 2.1. BUT IT IS ALSO A FUNCTION OF 06:13.640 --> 06:13.939 BUT IT IS ALSO A FUNCTION OF TIME. 06:13.941 --> 06:15.774 TIME. YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE 06:15.776 --> 06:18.243 YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE HAVE COME OUT OF THESE PAST FEW 06:18.245 --> 06:23.048 HAVE COME OUT OF THESE PAST FEW YEARS OF NOT ONLY AN ECONOMIC 06:23.050 --> 06:25.484 YEARS OF NOT ONLY AN ECONOMIC DEEP RECESSION, IT'S ONE OF THE 06:25.486 --> 06:28.787 DEEP RECESSION, IT'S ONE OF THE DEEPEST WE'VE EVER HAD SINCE THE 06:28.789 --> 06:30.922 DEEPEST WE'VE EVER HAD SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION, WU FOLLOWED BY 06:30.924 --> 06:31.723 GREAT DEPRESSION, WU FOLLOWED BY THE FINANCIAL CRISIS. 06:31.725 --> 06:33.558 THE FINANCIAL CRISIS. IT WAS NOT JUST THE BUSINESS 06:33.560 --> 06:34.926 IT WAS NOT JUST THE BUSINESS CYCLE BUT WITH IT CAME THE 06:34.928 --> 06:36.094 CYCLE BUT WITH IT CAME THE FINANCIAL CRISIS AS WELL. 06:36.096 --> 06:37.662 FINANCIAL CRISIS AS WELL. IT'S A COMBINATION OF THE TWO. 06:37.664 --> 06:39.564 IT'S A COMBINATION OF THE TWO. SO IT'S TAKING MUCH LONGER FOR 06:39.566 --> 06:41.099 SO IT'S TAKING MUCH LONGER FOR US TO RECOVER. 06:41.101 --> 06:43.235 US TO RECOVER. NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, ARE WE 06:43.237 --> 06:46.471 NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, ARE WE ANYWHERE CLOSE TO WHAT OUR PAST 06:46.473 --> 06:47.539 ANYWHERE CLOSE TO WHAT OUR PAST GROWTH RATES HAVE BEEN? 06:47.541 --> 06:47.806 GROWTH RATES HAVE BEEN? NO. 06:47.808 --> 06:50.976 NO. BUT WE ARE FOLLOWING WHAT THIS 06:50.978 --> 06:52.411 BUT WE ARE FOLLOWING WHAT THIS IS TYPICALLY EXPECTED WHEN WE GO 06:52.413 --> 06:55.046 IS TYPICALLY EXPECTED WHEN WE GO TO A COMBINATION AS DEEP AS THIS 06:55.048 --> 06:56.815 TO A COMBINATION AS DEEP AS THIS IS TO HAVE A SLOW ECONOMIC 06:56.817 --> 06:58.650 IS TO HAVE A SLOW ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND SLOW GROWTH IN JOBS 06:58.652 --> 06:59.785 RECOVERY AND SLOW GROWTH IN JOBS AND SLOW GROWTH IN INCOME. 06:59.787 --> 07:01.920 AND SLOW GROWTH IN INCOME. AND I THINK THE PATH WE ARE ON 07:01.922 --> 07:02.621 AND I THINK THE PATH WE ARE ON IS RIGHT. 07:02.623 --> 07:04.689 IS RIGHT. IT'S JUST THAT WE ARE NOT 07:04.691 --> 07:06.691 IT'S JUST THAT WE ARE NOT FINDING THE RATES TO BE WHAT WE 07:06.693 --> 07:09.161 FINDING THE RATES TO BE WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. 07:09.163 --> 07:11.797 WOULD LIKE TO SEE. >> AS YOU HEARD, THE ECONOMIST 07:11.799 --> 07:13.532 >> AS YOU HEARD, THE ECONOMIST SAY, THE SECOND LARGEST ECONOMY 07:13.534 --> 07:15.567 SAY, THE SECOND LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE STATE IS STRUGGLING TO 07:15.569 --> 07:16.501 IN THE STATE IS STRUGGLING TO BOUNCE BACK. 07:16.503 --> 07:20.238 BOUNCE BACK. TO HELP CULTIVATE THE GROWTH, 07:20.240 --> 07:20.972 TO HELP CULTIVATE THE GROWTH, THE ONE STOP CAREER CENTER WORKS 07:20.974 --> 07:22.841 THE ONE STOP CAREER CENTER WORKS WITH JOB SEEKERANCE EMPLOYERS. 07:22.843 --> 07:28.480 WITH JOB SEEKERANCE EMPLOYERS. HERE IS JIM MIZE FROM THE KENO 07:28.482 --> 07:29.314 HERE IS JIM MIZE FROM THE KENO ONE STOP CENTER. 07:29.316 --> 07:30.482 ONE STOP CENTER. WHAT ARE THE BUSINESSES WANTING 07:30.484 --> 07:35.520 WHAT ARE THE BUSINESSES WANTING OUT OF THE WORKFORCE? 07:35.522 --> 07:36.221 OUT OF THE WORKFORCE? >> NOT TYPICALLY WHAT YOU'RE 07:36.223 --> 07:37.556 >> NOT TYPICALLY WHAT YOU'RE READING ABOUT IN THE NEWSPAPER. 07:37.558 --> 07:39.124 READING ABOUT IN THE NEWSPAPER. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SKILLED 07:39.126 --> 07:41.259 THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SKILLED WORKERS AND WORKERS WHO ARE THE 07:41.261 --> 07:44.262 WORKERS AND WORKERS WHO ARE THE SOFT SKILLS, FRANKLY GETTING TO 07:44.264 --> 07:45.063 SOFT SKILLS, FRANKLY GETTING TO WORK ON TIME, SHOWING INITIATIVE 07:45.065 --> 07:47.032 WORK ON TIME, SHOWING INITIATIVE WHEN YOU'RE AT WORK, WORKING AS 07:47.034 --> 07:47.566 WHEN YOU'RE AT WORK, WORKING AS A TEAM MEMBER. 07:47.568 --> 07:50.035 A TEAM MEMBER. ALL OF THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT 07:50.037 --> 07:51.136 ALL OF THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE KNOW ARE THERE. 07:51.138 --> 07:52.671 WE KNOW ARE THERE. SOMETIMES EMPLOYEES DON'T HAVE 07:52.673 --> 07:52.938 SOMETIMES EMPLOYEES DON'T HAVE IT. 07:52.940 --> 07:56.274 IT. SO WE TRY TO HELP. 07:56.276 --> 07:57.809 SO WE TRY TO HELP. FROM THE ONE STOP STANDPOINT 07:57.811 --> 07:59.244 FROM THE ONE STOP STANDPOINT WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH CLIENTS, 07:59.246 --> 08:01.046 WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH CLIENTS, WE TRY TO BUILD THAT INTO OUR 08:01.048 --> 08:02.180 WE TRY TO BUILD THAT INTO OUR SYSTEM SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND 08:02.182 --> 08:03.248 SYSTEM SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT. 08:03.250 --> 08:05.217 THE IMPORTANCE OF IT. BUT AGAIN, FROM MY ROLE, WORKING 08:05.219 --> 08:08.320 BUT AGAIN, FROM MY ROLE, WORKING WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, IT'S 08:08.322 --> 08:10.288 WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, IT'S MOSTLY ABOUT SKILLS GAPS AND 08:10.290 --> 08:11.022 MOSTLY ABOUT SKILLS GAPS AND WORKFORCE NEEDS. 08:11.024 --> 08:12.491 WORKFORCE NEEDS. >> CAN THOSE NEEDS BE MET BY THE 08:12.493 --> 08:15.160 >> CAN THOSE NEEDS BE MET BY THE POOL OF WORKERS IN THE COUNTY? 08:15.162 --> 08:16.394 POOL OF WORKERS IN THE COUNTY? >> WELL, LET'S SEE. 08:16.396 --> 08:17.496 >> WELL, LET'S SEE. YES AND NO. 08:17.498 --> 08:22.167 YES AND NO. THERE ARE SOME LOWER SKILLED, I 08:22.169 --> 08:23.768 THERE ARE SOME LOWER SKILLED, I DON'T REALLY MEAN THAT TERM IN A 08:23.770 --> 08:26.004 DON'T REALLY MEAN THAT TERM IN A DEROGATORY MANNER BUT THERE ARE 08:26.006 --> 08:27.405 DEROGATORY MANNER BUT THERE ARE SOME LESS THAN TRADES SKILLED 08:27.407 --> 08:28.673 SOME LESS THAN TRADES SKILLED LEVEL PEOPLE THAT ARE AVAILABLE. 08:28.675 --> 08:30.141 LEVEL PEOPLE THAT ARE AVAILABLE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE TRADES, IF 08:30.143 --> 08:33.311 IF YOU LOOK AT THE TRADES, IF YOU LOOK AT TECHNICIANS AND 08:33.313 --> 08:36.081 YOU LOOK AT TECHNICIANS AND ENGINEERS AND WORKER, I.T. 08:36.083 --> 08:37.616 ENGINEERS AND WORKER, I.T. WORKERS, THERE IS -- THERE'S NOT 08:37.618 --> 08:38.884 WORKERS, THERE IS -- THERE'S NOT A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT THAT 08:38.886 --> 08:40.151 A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT THAT ARE UNEMPLOYED RIGHT NOW. 08:40.153 --> 08:41.820 ARE UNEMPLOYED RIGHT NOW. IN FACT IF YOU HAVE GOOD SKILL 08:41.822 --> 08:43.455 IN FACT IF YOU HAVE GOOD SKILL SETS, YOU'RE VERY LIKELY 08:43.457 --> 08:43.788 SETS, YOU'RE VERY LIKELY WORKING. 08:43.790 --> 08:45.290 WORKING. >> FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE 08:45.292 --> 08:46.825 >> FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THOSE SKILL SETS AND MAYBE 08:46.827 --> 08:48.593 THOSE SKILL SETS AND MAYBE AREN'T FINDING THE RIGHT JOBS, 08:48.595 --> 08:51.363 AREN'T FINDING THE RIGHT JOBS, IS A PLACE LIKE THIS HELPFUL TO 08:51.365 --> 08:51.663 IS A PLACE LIKE THIS HELPFUL TO THEM? 08:51.665 --> 08:51.997 THEM? >> YES. 08:51.999 --> 08:54.232 >> YES. WE INTERACT WITH ABOUT 800 OR 08:54.234 --> 08:56.735 WE INTERACT WITH ABOUT 800 OR 900 EMPLOYEES A YEAR IN TERMS OF 08:56.737 --> 08:57.936 900 EMPLOYEES A YEAR IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH US AND WORKING WITH 08:57.938 --> 08:58.403 WORKING WITH US AND WORKING WITH THEM. 08:58.405 --> 09:01.373 THEM. WE HAVE AN 85% PLACEMENT RATE. 09:01.375 --> 09:02.874 WE HAVE AN 85% PLACEMENT RATE. SO IF SOMEONE WAS OUT OF WORK 09:02.876 --> 09:05.076 SO IF SOMEONE WAS OUT OF WORK THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN OR 09:05.078 --> 09:07.479 THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN OR EVEN THROUGH FAULT OF THEIR OWN, 09:07.481 --> 09:08.780 EVEN THROUGH FAULT OF THEIR OWN, THIS CENTER HAS CASE MANAGERS 09:08.782 --> 09:10.315 THIS CENTER HAS CASE MANAGERS AND WE HAVE LOTS OF TRAINING 09:10.317 --> 09:11.950 AND WE HAVE LOTS OF TRAINING SESSIONS FOR THEM TO HELP THEM 09:11.952 --> 09:14.619 SESSIONS FOR THEM TO HELP THEM FIND A JB AND KEEP A JOB. 09:14.621 --> 09:16.555 FIND A JB AND KEEP A JOB. >> DO YOU HAVE A PITCH FOR 09:16.557 --> 09:17.255 >> DO YOU HAVE A PITCH FOR BUSINESSES WHEN THEY WANT TO 09:17.257 --> 09:20.058 BUSINESSES WHEN THEY WANT TO EXPLORE WHETHER THIS COUNTY IS 09:20.060 --> 09:21.493 EXPLORE WHETHER THIS COUNTY IS THE PLACE THEY WANT TO BRING A 09:21.495 --> 09:21.960 THE PLACE THEY WANT TO BRING A BUSINESS TO? 09:21.962 --> 09:24.829 BUSINESS TO? >> WHAT IS PITCH IS HOW TO GET 09:24.831 --> 09:26.298 >> WHAT IS PITCH IS HOW TO GET EMPLOYERS GAUGED IN FIXING THEIR 09:26.300 --> 09:26.598 EMPLOYERS GAUGED IN FIXING THEIR NEEDS. 09:26.600 --> 09:27.632 NEEDS. THEY HAVE SKILL SETS THAT 09:27.634 --> 09:29.301 THEY HAVE SKILL SETS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. 09:29.303 --> 09:30.135 THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. MACHINISTS ARE AN EXAM. 09:30.137 --> 09:32.837 MACHINISTS ARE AN EXAM. AND WE'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS 09:32.839 --> 09:35.540 AND WE'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK IN THAT AREA IN 09:35.542 --> 09:37.042 AMOUNT OF WORK IN THAT AREA IN THE PAST YEAR, GETTING THE 09:37.044 --> 09:38.476 THE PAST YEAR, GETTING THE EMPLOYERS TOGETHER WITH THE 09:38.478 --> 09:39.678 EMPLOYERS TOGETHER WITH THE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES THAT 09:39.680 --> 09:40.011 EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES THAT TRAIN. 09:40.013 --> 09:42.180 TRAIN. WE WORK A LOT WITH HIGH SCHOOLS 09:42.182 --> 09:46.818 WE WORK A LOT WITH HIGH SCHOOLS TO BUILD THAT 11 GRADE THROUGH 09:46.820 --> 09:52.991 TO BUILD THAT 11 GRADE THROUGH GRADE 14 TYPE OF STEM, THE 09:52.993 --> 09:53.692 GRADE 14 TYPE OF STEM, THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MATH 09:53.694 --> 09:55.794 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MATH PROGRAMS, TRY TO ENHANCE THE 09:55.796 --> 09:57.329 PROGRAMS, TRY TO ENHANCE THE PROGRAMS AND GET GROUPS OF KIDS 09:57.331 --> 09:58.797 PROGRAMS AND GET GROUPS OF KIDS INTERESTED IN THOSE PROGRAMS AND 09:58.799 --> 10:00.999 INTERESTED IN THOSE PROGRAMS AND QUITE FRANKLY TO GET PARENTS 10:01.001 --> 10:02.267 QUITE FRANKLY TO GET PARENTS UNDERSTANDING THAT A COLLEGE 10:02.269 --> 10:04.603 UNDERSTANDING THAT A COLLEGE DEGREE IS NOT NECESSARY FOR 10:04.605 --> 10:08.773 DEGREE IS NOT NECESSARY FOR SOMEONE TO HAVE A GOOD CAREER 10:08.775 --> 10:09.074 SOMEONE TO HAVE A GOOD CAREER PATH. 10:09.076 --> 10:10.842 PATH. IN A MACHINIST WORLD, FOR 10:10.844 --> 10:14.079 IN A MACHINIST WORLD, FOR INSTANCE, QUITE FRANKLY THERE 10:14.081 --> 10:15.180 INSTANCE, QUITE FRANKLY THERE ARE SOME NEGATIVE IMPLICATIONS 10:15.182 --> 10:16.314 ARE SOME NEGATIVE IMPLICATIONS OR NEGATIVE THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT 10:16.316 --> 10:17.315 OR NEGATIVE THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT A MACHINIST DOES. 10:17.317 --> 10:18.984 A MACHINIST DOES. IT'S DIRTY AND ALL THAT STUFF. 10:18.986 --> 10:21.152 IT'S DIRTY AND ALL THAT STUFF. AND YOU WORK INTO SOME OF THESE 10:21.154 --> 10:22.988 AND YOU WORK INTO SOME OF THESE MACHINE SHOPS IN TOWN -- I WAS 10:22.990 --> 10:25.490 MACHINE SHOPS IN TOWN -- I WAS IN ZIGO THE OTHER DAY AND MOST 10:25.492 --> 10:26.691 IN ZIGO THE OTHER DAY AND MOST PEOPLE WISH THEIR FLOORS WERE 10:26.693 --> 10:28.593 PEOPLE WISH THEIR FLOORS WERE THAT CLEAN IN THEIR HOMES. 10:28.595 --> 10:29.861 THAT CLEAN IN THEIR HOMES. IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT 10:29.863 --> 10:31.329 IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT INDUSTRY NOW. 10:31.331 --> 10:33.398 INDUSTRY NOW. >> WHEN YOU HEAR THAT THE JOB 10:33.400 --> 10:35.600 >> WHEN YOU HEAR THAT THE JOB GROWTH IS SLOW IN THE COUNTY, 10:35.602 --> 10:37.669 GROWTH IS SLOW IN THE COUNTY, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE WITH WHAT 10:37.671 --> 10:39.070 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SEEING AND WHAT YOU'RE 10:39.072 --> 10:39.404 YOU'RE SEEING AND WHAT YOU'RE HEARING? 10:39.406 --> 10:40.405 HEARING? >> NO TOTAL, YES. 10:40.407 --> 10:43.074 >> NO TOTAL, YES. IF YOU LOOK AT THE 2012, AND 10:43.076 --> 10:44.776 IF YOU LOOK AT THE 2012, AND THAT'S THE LATEST DATA THAT WE 10:44.778 --> 10:48.213 THAT'S THE LATEST DATA THAT WE HAVE, WE ACTUALLY LOST JOBS IN 10:48.215 --> 10:49.180 HAVE, WE ACTUALLY LOST JOBS IN THE ECONOMY. 10:49.182 --> 10:54.953 THE ECONOMY. WE WERE DOWN ABOUT 2.7% IN THE 10:54.955 --> 10:55.286 WE WERE DOWN ABOUT 2.7% IN THE COUNTY. 10:55.288 --> 10:57.222 COUNTY. WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY TO IMPROVE 10:57.224 --> 10:57.622 WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY TO IMPROVE THAT. 10:57.624 --> 10:59.658 THAT. I KNOW THE ECONOMISTS AND THE 10:59.660 --> 11:01.159 I KNOW THE ECONOMISTS AND THE DIFFERENT ARTICLES THAT HAVE 11:01.161 --> 11:04.229 DIFFERENT ARTICLES THAT HAVE COME OUT LATELY SHOW A SLOW 11:04.231 --> 11:04.562 COME OUT LATELY SHOW A SLOW GROWTH. 11:04.564 --> 11:05.997 GROWTH. THE POSITIVE PART IS THAT 11:05.999 --> 11:06.965 THE POSITIVE PART IS THAT THERE'S A GROWTH. 11:06.967 --> 11:09.000 THERE'S A GROWTH. YES, IT IS A SLOW GROWTH. 11:09.002 --> 11:11.169 YES, IT IS A SLOW GROWTH. I SEE INDUSTRY SECTORS, 11:11.171 --> 11:12.837 I SEE INDUSTRY SECTORS, EVERYBODY IS HIRING, BUT THEY'RE 11:12.839 --> 11:14.839 EVERYBODY IS HIRING, BUT THEY'RE NOT HIRING IN BIG NUMBERS. 11:14.841 --> 11:16.975 NOT HIRING IN BIG NUMBERS. YOU'LL SEE CALL CENTERS WITH BIG 11:16.977 --> 11:20.078 YOU'LL SEE CALL CENTERS WITH BIG NUMBERS, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S NOT 11:20.080 --> 11:21.680 NUMBERS, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S NOT TYPICALLY A SECTOR THAT IDEAL 11:21.682 --> 11:22.614 TYPICALLY A SECTOR THAT IDEAL WITH A LOT. 11:22.616 --> 11:24.616 WITH A LOT. IF I COULD GET THE WORD OUT TO 11:24.618 --> 11:26.317 IF I COULD GET THE WORD OUT TO EMPLOYERS, IF I CAN LET THEM 11:26.319 --> 11:29.287 EMPLOYERS, IF I CAN LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE IS AN 11:29.289 --> 11:30.855 KNOW THAT THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS PEOPLE 11:30.857 --> 11:33.658 ORGANIZATION THAT HAS PEOPLE THAT ARE PRIVATE SECTOR BASED, 11:33.660 --> 11:35.060 THAT ARE PRIVATE SECTOR BASED, WELL, MY WHOLE GROUP CAME OUT OF 11:35.062 --> 11:35.994 WELL, MY WHOLE GROUP CAME OUT OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR. 11:35.996 --> 11:37.829 THE PRIVATE SECTOR. WE REALLY KNOW HOW TO WORK WITH 11:37.831 --> 11:39.264 WE REALLY KNOW HOW TO WORK WITH THEM AND WE KNOW HOW TO GET THEM 11:39.266 --> 11:41.433 THEM AND WE KNOW HOW TO GET THEM AROUND THE TABLE. 11:41.435 --> 11:42.400 AROUND THE TABLE. THEY'RE ALL COMPETING AGAINST 11:42.402 --> 11:42.967 THEY'RE ALL COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER. 11:42.969 --> 11:44.536 EACH OTHER. BUT THEY ALL HAVE A COMMON NEED 11:44.538 --> 11:45.870 BUT THEY ALL HAVE A COMMON NEED AND THEY ALL WANT TO GROW. 11:45.872 --> 11:48.039 AND THEY ALL WANT TO GROW. AND IF THEY WANT TO GROW, 11:48.041 --> 11:49.307 AND IF THEY WANT TO GROW, THEY'VE GOT TO GET TOGETHER TO 11:49.309 --> 11:51.976 THEY'VE GOT TO GET TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS FOR 11:51.978 --> 11:53.712 COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS FOR THEMSELVES. 11:53.714 --> 11:55.146 THEMSELVES. WE NEED TO WORK WITH MORE OF THE 11:55.148 --> 11:56.881 WE NEED TO WORK WITH MORE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS, WE NEED TO WORK 11:56.883 --> 11:59.718 HIGH SCHOOLS, WE NEED TO WORK WITH THE PEMA COLLEGE, ALL OF 11:59.720 --> 12:00.919 WITH THE PEMA COLLEGE, ALL OF THE TRADES PROGRAMS. 12:00.921 --> 12:01.986 THE TRADES PROGRAMS. WE WORK WITH ALL OF THEM. 12:01.988 --> 12:04.656 WE WORK WITH ALL OF THEM. WE NEED TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT 12:04.658 --> 12:05.356 WE NEED TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT 12:05.358 --> 12:08.093 THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT CAN REALLY HELP FACILITATE 12:08.095 --> 12:10.695 CAN REALLY HELP FACILITATE GETTING THEM TOGETHER TO WORK ON 12:10.697 --> 12:11.262 GETTING THEM TOGETHER TO WORK ON THE COMMON PROBLEMS. 12:11.264 --> 12:14.632 THE COMMON PROBLEMS. >> AND PEMA COUNTY IS A GOOD 12:14.634 --> 12:15.834 >> AND PEMA COUNTY IS A GOOD PLACE FOR BUSINESSES TO LOOK AT. 12:15.836 --> 12:17.502 PLACE FOR BUSINESSES TO LOOK AT. >> IT'S AN EXCELLENT PLACE FOR 12:17.504 --> 12:19.104 >> IT'S AN EXCELLENT PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME, FOR EMPLOYERS TO 12:19.106 --> 12:21.473 PEOPLE TO COME, FOR EMPLOYERS TO CALL AND SAY CAN WE MEET? 12:21.475 --> 12:22.707 CALL AND SAY CAN WE MEET? CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAMS 12:22.709 --> 12:24.709 CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU PUT IN PLACE? 12:24.711 --> 12:26.444 THAT YOU PUT IN PLACE? WE'VE GOT TWO OR THREE BIG 12:26.446 --> 12:28.713 WE'VE GOT TWO OR THREE BIG GRANTS WHERE WE HAVE MONEY TO GO 12:28.715 --> 12:31.216 GRANTS WHERE WE HAVE MONEY TO GO INTO A COMPANY AND WORK WITH 12:31.218 --> 12:34.018 INTO A COMPANY AND WORK WITH THEIR MID LEVEL TO SENIOR LEVEL 12:34.020 --> 12:36.087 THEIR MID LEVEL TO SENIOR LEVEL PEOPLE TO PROMOTE TO GET THEM 12:36.089 --> 12:38.189 PEOPLE TO PROMOTE TO GET THEM BETTER TRAINED AND ASSIST 12:38.191 --> 12:39.858 BETTER TRAINED AND ASSIST EMPLOYERS WITH FUNDING. 12:39.860 --> 12:42.227 EMPLOYERS WITH FUNDING. AS AN HR PERSON, I KNOW WHAT 12:42.229 --> 12:43.695 AS AN HR PERSON, I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE OUR TRAINING 12:43.697 --> 12:46.097 IT'S LIKE TO HAVE OUR TRAINING BUDGETS CUT. 12:46.099 --> 12:49.367 BUDGETS CUT. WE HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO HELP 12:49.369 --> 12:50.869 WE HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO HELP THEM GET FUNDING. 12:50.871 --> 12:54.072 THEM GET FUNDING. >> AS YOU HEARD, PEMA COUNTY'S 12:54.074 --> 12:55.707 >> AS YOU HEARD, PEMA COUNTY'S ECONOMY IS EXPERIENCING A SLOW 12:55.709 --> 12:57.175 ECONOMY IS EXPERIENCING A SLOW AND STEADY GROWTH. 12:57.177 --> 13:04.215 AND STEADY GROWTH. HERE IS ZACK ZIGLER WITH THE 13:04.217 --> 13:05.617 HERE IS ZACK ZIGLER WITH THE FORECAST FOR THE TUCSON COUNTY. 13:05.619 --> 13:08.019 FORECAST FOR THE TUCSON COUNTY. >> OUR NUMBER OF JOBS GAINED IN 13:08.021 --> 13:10.021 >> OUR NUMBER OF JOBS GAINED IN TUCSON ARE ROUGHLY EXPECTED TO 13:10.023 --> 13:12.791 TUCSON ARE ROUGHLY EXPECTED TO GAIN 4,400 JOBS IN 2014 AND 13:12.793 --> 13:15.260 GAIN 4,400 JOBS IN 2014 AND ABOUT 6,400 JOBS IN 2015. 13:15.262 --> 13:18.096 ABOUT 6,400 JOBS IN 2015. NOW IF YOU LOOK AT THE RIGHT OF 13:18.098 --> 13:20.298 NOW IF YOU LOOK AT THE RIGHT OF GROWTH FOR TUTU SON, WE EXPECT 13:20.300 --> 13:25.436 GROWTH FOR TUTU SON, WE EXPECT ABOUT 1.2% IN 2014 AND ABOUT 13:25.438 --> 13:26.304 ABOUT 1.2% IN 2014 AND ABOUT 1.8% IN 2015. 13:26.306 --> 13:29.707 1.8% IN 2015. BUT IT'S SLOWER COMPARED TO THE 13:29.709 --> 13:32.477 BUT IT'S SLOWER COMPARED TO THE ARIZONA OVERALL AND SLOWER 13:32.479 --> 13:36.548 ARIZONA OVERALL AND SLOWER COMPARED TO PHOENIX. 13:36.550 --> 13:38.082 COMPARED TO PHOENIX. MAINLY BECAUSE ARIZONA HAS -- 13:38.084 --> 13:40.752 MAINLY BECAUSE ARIZONA HAS -- MOST OF ARIZONA'S JOBS ARE IN 13:40.754 --> 13:42.387 MOST OF ARIZONA'S JOBS ARE IN THE PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA, 13:42.389 --> 13:44.622 THE PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA, ABOUT 70% TO HAVE JOBS. 13:44.624 --> 13:54.365 ABOUT 70% TO HAVE JOBS. TUCSON HAS ROUGHLY ABOUT 15% . 13:54.367 --> 13:57.135 TUCSON HAS ROUGHLY ABOUT 15% . SO THAT CREATES, YOU KNOW, THIS 13:57.137 --> 13:58.203 SO THAT CREATES, YOU KNOW, THIS IMBALANCE OF THE GROWTH RATE AND 13:58.205 --> 14:03.208 IMBALANCE OF THE GROWTH RATE AND SOME OF THE SECTORS THAT WAS IN 14:03.210 --> 14:05.009 SOME OF THE SECTORS THAT WAS IN TUCSON HAVE HAD THE EFFECT OF 14:05.011 --> 14:06.444 TUCSON HAVE HAD THE EFFECT OF THE FEDERAL SPENDING A LITTLE 14:06.446 --> 14:07.679 THE FEDERAL SPENDING A LITTLE BIT MORE, ESPECIALLY THE 14:07.681 --> 14:08.947 BIT MORE, ESPECIALLY THE MILITARY BASE AND SECTORS THAT 14:08.949 --> 14:09.747 MILITARY BASE AND SECTORS THAT ARE THERE IN TUCSON. 14:09.749 --> 14:12.483 ARE THERE IN TUCSON. >> SOME OF THE AREAS THAT TUCSON 14:12.485 --> 14:16.721 >> SOME OF THE AREAS THAT TUCSON HAS HISTORICALLY PRIDED ITSELF 14:16.723 --> 14:19.157 HAS HISTORICALLY PRIDED ITSELF ON, MANUFACTURING, AEROSPACE, 14:19.159 --> 14:20.892 ON, MANUFACTURING, AEROSPACE, TECHNICAL AND SCIENCE RELATED 14:20.894 --> 14:22.126 TECHNICAL AND SCIENCE RELATED JOBS AREN'T NECESSARILY SEEING 14:22.128 --> 14:24.262 JOBS AREN'T NECESSARILY SEEING AS LARGE OF A GROWTH TREND AS 14:24.264 --> 14:27.532 AS LARGE OF A GROWTH TREND AS THEY HAVE IN THE PAST. 14:27.534 --> 14:30.435 THEY HAVE IN THE PAST. SHOULD TUCSON CONTINUE TO FOCUS 14:30.437 --> 14:33.705 SHOULD TUCSON CONTINUE TO FOCUS ITS ENERGY IN THOSE AREAS OR ARE 14:33.707 --> 14:35.039 ITS ENERGY IN THOSE AREAS OR ARE THERE OTHER AREAS THAT WOULD BE 14:35.041 --> 14:37.976 THERE OTHER AREAS THAT WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO THE CITY? 14:37.978 --> 14:39.611 A BENEFIT TO THE CITY? >> THERE ARE FACTORS IN TUCSON 14:39.613 --> 14:40.345 >> THERE ARE FACTORS IN TUCSON THAT IS GROWING. 14:40.347 --> 14:42.547 THAT IS GROWING. YOU SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, HEALTH IS 14:42.549 --> 14:42.881 YOU SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, HEALTH IS GROWING. 14:42.883 --> 14:44.449 GROWING. THE UNIVERSITY, THE MEDICAL 14:44.451 --> 14:47.752 THE UNIVERSITY, THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HAS A STRONG PRESENCE 14:47.754 --> 14:48.052 UNIVERSITY HAS A STRONG PRESENCE THERE. 14:48.054 --> 14:50.355 THERE. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A HEALTH CARE 14:50.357 --> 14:53.591 WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A HEALTH CARE SECTOR, A LOT OF RETIREES IN 14:53.593 --> 14:53.925 SECTOR, A LOT OF RETIREES IN TUCSON. 14:53.927 --> 14:56.227 TUCSON. THAT'S ONE SECTOR WHICH IS STILL 14:56.229 --> 14:57.362 THAT'S ONE SECTOR WHICH IS STILL HAVING DECENT GROWTH. 14:57.364 --> 14:59.397 HAVING DECENT GROWTH. FOR THE WHOLE STATE OVERALL I 14:59.399 --> 15:00.765 FOR THE WHOLE STATE OVERALL I THINK IS HAVING SOME -- THE 15:00.767 --> 15:03.635 THINK IS HAVING SOME -- THE GROWTH HAS BEEN OKAY. 15:03.637 --> 15:06.004 GROWTH HAS BEEN OKAY. AGAIN, THE UNIVERSITY, YOU KNOW, 15:06.006 --> 15:07.171 AGAIN, THE UNIVERSITY, YOU KNOW, THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA IS 15:07.173 --> 15:10.308 THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA IS GROWING SO THE ENROLLMENT IS 15:10.310 --> 15:11.276 GROWING SO THE ENROLLMENT IS PRETTY HIGH AND THE UNIVERSITY 15:11.278 --> 15:12.710 PRETTY HIGH AND THE UNIVERSITY IS TRACKING IT THROUGH TIME 15:12.712 --> 15:13.511 IS TRACKING IT THROUGH TIME THAT'S BEEN GROWING. 15:13.513 --> 15:18.716 THAT'S BEEN GROWING. SO PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE IN 15:18.718 --> 15:20.251 SO PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE IN DIFFERENT FACTORS. 15:20.253 --> 15:24.322 DIFFERENT FACTORS. BUT ONLY AEROSPACE RELATED 15:24.324 --> 15:26.124 BUT ONLY AEROSPACE RELATED EDUCATION, THEN -- AND THE 15:26.126 --> 15:27.492 EDUCATION, THEN -- AND THE SKILLS ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE, 15:27.494 --> 15:29.560 SKILLS ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE, THEN PEOPLE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT 15:29.562 --> 15:36.668 THEN PEOPLE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT IF THAT SECTOR IS NOT GROWING, 15:36.670 --> 15:37.335 IF THAT SECTOR IS NOT GROWING, HOW ELSE CAN WE APPLY THAT 15:37.337 --> 15:38.069 HOW ELSE CAN WE APPLY THAT PARTICULAR SKILL IN SOME OTHER 15:38.071 --> 15:38.403 PARTICULAR SKILL IN SOME OTHER SECTOR. 15:38.405 --> 15:39.404 SECTOR. THERE MIGHT BE SOME SKILLS THAT 15:39.406 --> 15:41.072 THERE MIGHT BE SOME SKILLS THAT ARE TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER 15:41.074 --> 15:43.341 ARE TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER SECTORS WHILE OTHER SKILLS 15:43.343 --> 15:43.675 SECTORS WHILE OTHER SKILLS AREN'T. 15:43.677 --> 15:44.842 AREN'T. >> MILITARY SPENDING PLAYS A BIG 15:44.844 --> 15:46.711 >> MILITARY SPENDING PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA'S 15:46.713 --> 15:47.045 ROLE IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA'S ECONOMY. 15:47.047 --> 15:50.848 ECONOMY. HOW BIG OF AN IMPACT HAVE THE 15:50.850 --> 15:52.250 HOW BIG OF AN IMPACT HAVE THE BUDGET CUTS, ALTHOUGH I KNOW 15:52.252 --> 15:53.651 BUDGET CUTS, ALTHOUGH I KNOW IT'S KIND OF TOUGH TO MEASURE. 15:53.653 --> 15:56.387 IT'S KIND OF TOUGH TO MEASURE. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE TRICKLE DOWN 15:56.389 --> 15:57.021 BUT YOU CAN SEE THE TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT. 15:57.023 --> 15:59.691 EFFECT. HOW BIG OF AN EFFECT HAD THE 15:59.693 --> 16:02.927 HOW BIG OF AN EFFECT HAD THE BUDGET CUTS HAD ON JOBS IN THE 16:02.929 --> 16:03.227 BUDGET CUTS HAD ON JOBS IN THE AREA? 16:03.229 --> 16:05.296 AREA? >> I HAVE NOT MEASURED THE 16:05.298 --> 16:07.065 >> I HAVE NOT MEASURED THE DIRECT NUMBERS AND IN TERMS OF 16:07.067 --> 16:10.902 DIRECT NUMBERS AND IN TERMS OF DOING AN IMPACT ANALYSIS. 16:10.904 --> 16:12.971 DOING AN IMPACT ANALYSIS. BUT I CAN TELL PURELY FROM THE 16:12.973 --> 16:14.372 BUT I CAN TELL PURELY FROM THE NUMBERS I'M FINDING, SINCE ALL 16:14.374 --> 16:16.240 NUMBERS I'M FINDING, SINCE ALL OF THESE POLICIES WERE 16:16.242 --> 16:17.575 OF THESE POLICIES WERE IMPLEMENTED. 16:17.577 --> 16:21.012 IMPLEMENTED. AND WE ARE FINDING THAT A LOT OF 16:21.014 --> 16:25.350 AND WE ARE FINDING THAT A LOT OF THE SECTORS WHICH ARE TYPICALLY 16:25.352 --> 16:28.553 THE SECTORS WHICH ARE TYPICALLY STRIVE ON MILITARY EXPENDITURES, 16:28.555 --> 16:29.921 STRIVE ON MILITARY EXPENDITURES, INCREASED MILITARY EXPENDITURES 16:29.923 --> 16:32.490 INCREASED MILITARY EXPENDITURES ARE TENDING TO PERFORM POORLY OR 16:32.492 --> 16:34.459 ARE TENDING TO PERFORM POORLY OR IN TERMS OF THE RATE OF GROWTH 16:34.461 --> 16:36.227 IN TERMS OF THE RATE OF GROWTH OR THE TOTAL JOBS. 16:36.229 --> 16:39.897 OR THE TOTAL JOBS. THEY'RE NOT DOING AS WELL. 16:39.899 --> 16:41.432 THEY'RE NOT DOING AS WELL. MANUFACTURING, FOR EXAMPLE, 16:41.434 --> 16:43.001 MANUFACTURING, FOR EXAMPLE, PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL 16:43.003 --> 16:44.102 PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL SERVICES, FOR EXAMPLE. 16:44.104 --> 16:45.503 SERVICES, FOR EXAMPLE. GIN THE RETAIL TRADE, IT COULD 16:45.505 --> 16:47.205 GIN THE RETAIL TRADE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IF THERE WAS A 16:47.207 --> 16:50.608 HAVE BEEN BETTER IF THERE WAS A LOT OF MONEY FLOATING IN THE 16:50.610 --> 16:50.942 LOT OF MONEY FLOATING IN THE ECONOMY. 16:50.944 --> 16:52.510 ECONOMY. TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS, ALL 16:52.512 --> 16:53.644 TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS, ALL THESE COMPANIES HAVE SOMEBODY 16:53.646 --> 16:57.181 THESE COMPANIES HAVE SOMEBODY FROM THE PRIOR YEARS SO THEY CAN 16:57.183 --> 16:58.149 FROM THE PRIOR YEARS SO THEY CAN CONTINUE FOR A WHILE. 16:58.151 --> 17:01.019 CONTINUE FOR A WHILE. SO THEY HAVE TO FACE THE REALITY 17:01.021 --> 17:03.688 SO THEY HAVE TO FACE THE REALITY AND THEY CAN NO LONGER CARRY 17:03.690 --> 17:05.323 AND THEY CAN NO LONGER CARRY OVER FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS. 17:05.325 --> 17:07.892 OVER FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS. SO YOU START SEEING LAYOFFS AND 17:07.894 --> 17:09.093 SO YOU START SEEING LAYOFFS AND REDUCTIONS AND THOSE SECTORS 17:09.095 --> 17:10.561 REDUCTIONS AND THOSE SECTORS WHICH WERE DIRECTLY IMPACTED. 17:10.563 --> 17:12.230 WHICH WERE DIRECTLY IMPACTED. AND SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO KNOW 17:12.232 --> 17:18.036 AND SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE IS, WHAT THE 17:18.038 --> 17:18.669 WHAT THE FUTURE IS, WHAT THE FUNDING LEVELS NEED TO BE. 17:18.671 --> 17:22.940 FUNDING LEVELS NEED TO BE. >> WHAT IS THE BIGGEST TAKE AWAY 17:22.942 --> 17:25.710 >> WHAT IS THE BIGGEST TAKE AWAY FOR TUCSON FROM THIS REPORT. 17:25.712 --> 17:27.011 FOR TUCSON FROM THIS REPORT. >> DIVERSIFICATION. 17:27.013 --> 17:32.750 >> DIVERSIFICATION. >> I THINK FOR ANY ECONOMY FOR A 17:32.752 --> 17:34.318 >> I THINK FOR ANY ECONOMY FOR A HEALTHY ECONOMY WE CAN'T RELY ON 17:34.320 --> 17:35.219 HEALTHY ECONOMY WE CAN'T RELY ON JUST ONE SECTOR. 17:35.221 --> 17:38.056 JUST ONE SECTOR. IF YOU CONTINUE TO RELY ON ONE 17:38.058 --> 17:41.526 IF YOU CONTINUE TO RELY ON ONE SECTOR AS THE ECONOMY GOES DOWN, 17:41.528 --> 17:44.128 SECTOR AS THE ECONOMY GOES DOWN, THEN THE WHOLE ECONOMY IS -- BUT 17:44.130 --> 17:48.566 THEN THE WHOLE ECONOMY IS -- BUT IF YOU TAKE A BALANCED APPROACH, 17:48.568 --> 17:51.035 IF YOU TAKE A BALANCED APPROACH, UNDERSTAND HOW YOU GROW THE 17:51.037 --> 17:53.004 UNDERSTAND HOW YOU GROW THE ECONOMY, THEN EVEN IN ONE SECTOR 17:53.006 --> 17:57.175 ECONOMY, THEN EVEN IN ONE SECTOR YOU HAVE JOB LOSS AND SOME OTHER 17:57.177 --> 17:58.743 YOU HAVE JOB LOSS AND SOME OTHER SECTOR PICKS UP THOSE LOSSES, 17:58.745 --> 18:03.981 SECTOR PICKS UP THOSE LOSSES, YOU'RE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THE 18:03.983 --> 18:04.315 YOU'RE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THE ECONOMY. 18:04.317 --> 18:05.583 ECONOMY. THE ECONOMY SUFFERED QUITE A BIT 18:05.585 --> 18:06.918 THE ECONOMY SUFFERED QUITE A BIT FROM THE CONSTRUCTION LOSSES. 18:06.920 --> 18:08.119 FROM THE CONSTRUCTION LOSSES. THIS IS A BIG LEARNING FOR 18:08.121 --> 18:10.922 THIS IS A BIG LEARNING FOR ARIZONA THAT WE HAVE TO BE MORE 18:10.924 --> 18:14.959 ARIZONA THAT WE HAVE TO BE MORE DIVERSIFIED SO THAT WE CAN -- 18:14.961 --> 18:16.594 DIVERSIFIED SO THAT WE CAN -- AFFECT THE LEVEL BET NER THE 18:16.596 --> 18:17.228 AFFECT THE LEVEL BET NER THE COMING YEARS. 18:17.230 --> 18:18.963 COMING YEARS. >> DESPITE ARIZONA'S SLOW 18:18.965 --> 18:20.098 >> DESPITE ARIZONA'S SLOW GROWTH, BUSINESSES ARE STILL 18:20.100 --> 18:23.067 GROWTH, BUSINESSES ARE STILL MOVING TO THE STATE. 18:23.069 --> 18:26.170 MOVING TO THE STATE. AN AVIATION SERVICE OPEN A SITE 18:26.172 --> 18:28.739 AN AVIATION SERVICE OPEN A SITE IN TUCSON FIVE YEARS AGO AND THE 18:28.741 --> 18:30.975 IN TUCSON FIVE YEARS AGO AND THE COMPANY SELECTED ARIZONA FOR 18:30.977 --> 18:31.642 COMPANY SELECTED ARIZONA FOR SEVERAL REASONS. 18:31.644 --> 18:35.146 SEVERAL REASONS. >> MICHAEL MELVIN, THE PRESIDENT 18:35.148 --> 18:38.783 >> MICHAEL MELVIN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE AVIATION HERE, GOOD 18:38.785 --> 18:39.150 OF THE AVIATION HERE, GOOD MORNING. 18:39.152 --> 18:39.584 MORNING. >> THANK YOU. 18:39.586 --> 18:42.220 >> THANK YOU. >> WHAT'S BEHIND THIS COMPANY? 18:42.222 --> 18:45.556 >> WHAT'S BEHIND THIS COMPANY? >> IT'S A MAINTENANCE 18:45.558 --> 18:49.293 >> IT'S A MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION WITH MAINTENANCE 18:49.295 --> 18:52.597 ORGANIZATION WITH MAINTENANCE PRIMARILY ON WHAT IS CALLED MD 18:52.599 --> 18:54.432 PRIMARILY ON WHAT IS CALLED MD 80, 737, AIR BUS PRODUCTS OF 18:54.434 --> 18:57.768 80, 737, AIR BUS PRODUCTS OF THAT NATURE AND THEN SECONDARILY 18:57.770 --> 19:01.572 THAT NATURE AND THEN SECONDARILY WE ALSO PERFORM STORAGE AND 19:01.574 --> 19:03.641 WE ALSO PERFORM STORAGE AND RECLAMATION AND THEN LINE 19:03.643 --> 19:04.242 RECLAMATION AND THEN LINE MAINTENANCE. 19:04.244 --> 19:07.912 MAINTENANCE. SO AT TUCSON AIRPORT ANY 19:07.914 --> 19:08.613 SO AT TUCSON AIRPORT ANY MAINTENANCE WE PERFORM AS 19:08.615 --> 19:08.980 MAINTENANCE WE PERFORM AS REQUIRED. 19:08.982 --> 19:10.248 REQUIRED. >> A LOT OF THE AIRCRAFT THAT 19:10.250 --> 19:11.883 >> A LOT OF THE AIRCRAFT THAT YOU HAVE FROM ALL OF THE UNITED 19:11.885 --> 19:13.584 YOU HAVE FROM ALL OF THE UNITED STATES AND EVEN SOME FROM 19:13.586 --> 19:16.621 STATES AND EVEN SOME FROM INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES AS WELL? 19:16.623 --> 19:17.021 INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES AS WELL? >> CORRECT. 19:17.023 --> 19:18.956 >> CORRECT. WE PROVIDE ON THE MAINTENANCE 19:18.958 --> 19:21.792 WE PROVIDE ON THE MAINTENANCE SIDE TO U.S. CARRIERS IN THE 19:21.794 --> 19:24.228 SIDE TO U.S. CARRIERS IN THE AMERICAS AND THEN IN TERMS OF 19:24.230 --> 19:25.363 AMERICAS AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE INTERNATIONAL, AIRPLANES 19:25.365 --> 19:27.131 THE INTERNATIONAL, AIRPLANES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD COME IN 19:27.133 --> 19:27.431 FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD COME IN HERE. 19:27.433 --> 19:33.704 HERE. >> SO WHAT INITIALLY BROUGHT 19:33.706 --> 19:34.438 >> SO WHAT INITIALLY BROUGHT ASSENT AVIATION HERE FIVE YEARS 19:34.440 --> 19:34.739 ASSENT AVIATION HERE FIVE YEARS AGO. 19:34.741 --> 19:36.340 AGO. >> ASSENT WAS FORMED TO PURCHASE 19:36.342 --> 19:37.975 >> ASSENT WAS FORMED TO PURCHASE THE ASSETS OF THE PRIOR BUSINESS 19:37.977 --> 19:38.743 THE ASSETS OF THE PRIOR BUSINESS THAT WAS HERE. 19:38.745 --> 19:40.878 THAT WAS HERE. BASED ON THE LOCATION AND THE 19:40.880 --> 19:42.113 BASED ON THE LOCATION AND THE EXCELLENT WORKFORCE THAT WAS 19:42.115 --> 19:43.080 EXCELLENT WORKFORCE THAT WAS HERE, DECISION WAS MADE TO 19:43.082 --> 19:44.615 HERE, DECISION WAS MADE TO INVEST AND THAT'S BEEN AN 19:44.617 --> 19:46.717 INVEST AND THAT'S BEEN AN EXCELLENT DECISION. 19:46.719 --> 19:48.819 EXCELLENT DECISION. WE'VE HAD GREAT RESULTS IN FIVE 19:48.821 --> 19:49.153 WE'VE HAD GREAT RESULTS IN FIVE YEARS. 19:49.155 --> 19:50.121 YEARS. >> CLIMATE PAY AS ROLE IN WHAT 19:50.123 --> 19:52.056 >> CLIMATE PAY AS ROLE IN WHAT YOU DO HERE AS WELL? 19:52.058 --> 19:54.926 YOU DO HERE AS WELL? >> PLAY AS HUGE ROLE. 19:54.928 --> 19:57.094 >> PLAY AS HUGE ROLE. ESSENTIALLY YEAR ROUND WE HAVE 19:57.096 --> 19:59.664 ESSENTIALLY YEAR ROUND WE HAVE EXCELLENT SERVICE TO PERFORM OUR 19:59.666 --> 20:01.532 EXCELLENT SERVICE TO PERFORM OUR SERVICES AND THE CUSTOMER IS 20:01.534 --> 20:02.867 SERVICES AND THE CUSTOMER IS ABLE TO HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. 20:02.869 --> 20:04.869 ABLE TO HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. THERE'S NO TORNADO OR SOME OF 20:04.871 --> 20:05.937 THERE'S NO TORNADO OR SOME OF THE OTHER WEATHER CONDITIONS 20:05.939 --> 20:07.338 THE OTHER WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT PLAQUE THE OTHER PARTS OF 20:07.340 --> 20:08.472 THAT PLAQUE THE OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. 20:08.474 --> 20:10.975 THE COUNTRY. AND THEN FOR STORAGE, ARIZONA IS 20:10.977 --> 20:13.711 AND THEN FOR STORAGE, ARIZONA IS THE BEST ENVIRONMENT WORLDWIDE 20:13.713 --> 20:14.879 THE BEST ENVIRONMENT WORLDWIDE TO STORE AIRPLANES, LOW HUMIDITY 20:14.881 --> 20:17.148 TO STORE AIRPLANES, LOW HUMIDITY AND THEN AGAIN THE ENVIRONMENTAL 20:17.150 --> 20:19.283 AND THEN AGAIN THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE NEXT TO PERFECT. 20:19.285 --> 20:20.551 CONDITIONS ARE NEXT TO PERFECT. >> YOU MENTIONED THE WORKFORCE. 20:20.553 --> 20:22.053 >> YOU MENTIONED THE WORKFORCE. CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHERE A LOT OF 20:22.055 --> 20:23.654 CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHERE A LOT OF THE TECHNICIANS COME FROM? 20:23.656 --> 20:25.790 THE TECHNICIANS COME FROM? >> WE'VE GOT TWO POOLS OF 20:25.792 --> 20:26.924 >> WE'VE GOT TWO POOLS OF RESOURCES THAT WE PULL FROM. 20:26.926 --> 20:29.994 RESOURCES THAT WE PULL FROM. ONE THAT WE HAVE, THE COMMUNITY 20:29.996 --> 20:30.795 ONE THAT WE HAVE, THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM 20:30.797 --> 20:33.397 COLLEGE JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM US, AND THEY PROVIDE AVIATION 20:33.399 --> 20:34.432 US, AND THEY PROVIDE AVIATION TECHNICIAN TRAINING. 20:34.434 --> 20:36.534 TECHNICIAN TRAINING. AND THAT'S A NICE SOURCE OF 20:36.536 --> 20:37.568 AND THAT'S A NICE SOURCE OF TRAINING FOR US. 20:37.570 --> 20:44.408 TRAINING FOR US. AND THEN THE OTHER SOURCE IS AIR 20:44.410 --> 20:44.909 AND THEN THE OTHER SOURCE IS AIR FORCE OR MILITARY. 20:44.911 --> 20:45.576 FORCE OR MILITARY. SO THAT POOL OF TECHNICIANS 20:45.578 --> 20:46.310 SO THAT POOL OF TECHNICIANS COMES OUT OF THE AIR FORCE, ANY 20:46.312 --> 20:47.945 COMES OUT OF THE AIR FORCE, ANY OF THE BASES AND THEN WE BRING 20:47.947 --> 20:51.115 OF THE BASES AND THEN WE BRING THEM INTO OUR FACILITY FOR 20:51.117 --> 20:52.516 THEM INTO OUR FACILITY FOR TRAINING AND ONGOING CONVERSION 20:52.518 --> 20:54.485 TRAINING AND ONGOING CONVERSION IN THE SENSE THAT WE'RE CIVILIAN 20:54.487 --> 20:55.853 IN THE SENSE THAT WE'RE CIVILIAN FROM THE MILITARY. 20:55.855 --> 20:56.854 FROM THE MILITARY. >> APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY PEOPLE 20:56.856 --> 20:58.422 >> APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY PEOPLE WORK HERE AT ASSENT. 20:58.424 --> 21:00.224 WORK HERE AT ASSENT. >> WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 160 TO 21:00.226 --> 21:02.693 >> WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 160 TO 180 EMPLOYEES. 21:02.695 --> 21:04.061 180 EMPLOYEES. AND SOME PORTION OF THAT IS 21:04.063 --> 21:07.331 AND SOME PORTION OF THAT IS CONTRACT LABOR AND THE REST IS 21:07.333 --> 21:08.532 CONTRACT LABOR AND THE REST IS ENTIRELY FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. 21:08.534 --> 21:10.434 ENTIRELY FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. >> IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT THE 21:10.436 --> 21:12.370 >> IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT THE TUCSON COMMUNITY HAS BEEN A GOOD 21:12.372 --> 21:13.337 TUCSON COMMUNITY HAS BEEN A GOOD PLACE FOR ASSENT? 21:13.339 --> 21:14.972 PLACE FOR ASSENT? >> IT'S BEEN A GREAT COMMUNITY 21:14.974 --> 21:15.973 >> IT'S BEEN A GREAT COMMUNITY FOR THAT. 21:15.975 --> 21:19.377 FOR THAT. WE THINK THAT OUR POOL OF 21:19.379 --> 21:21.012 WE THINK THAT OUR POOL OF TECHNICIANS IS EXCELLENT AND WE 21:21.014 --> 21:22.980 TECHNICIANS IS EXCELLENT AND WE COMPETE ON A WORLDWIDE MARKET 21:22.982 --> 21:24.815 COMPETE ON A WORLDWIDE MARKET FOR SERVICES. 21:24.817 --> 21:26.517 FOR SERVICES. AND IN THAT REGARD QUALITY OF 21:26.519 --> 21:29.720 AND IN THAT REGARD QUALITY OF LIFE PLAYS INTO THE SITUATION 21:29.722 --> 21:32.723 LIFE PLAYS INTO THE SITUATION AND WE HAVE GREAT, GREAT 21:32.725 --> 21:33.457 AND WE HAVE GREAT, GREAT PROGRESS MOVING FORWARD. 21:33.459 --> 21:35.926 PROGRESS MOVING FORWARD. >> AS FAR AS THE OVERALL PICTURE 21:35.928 --> 21:37.161 >> AS FAR AS THE OVERALL PICTURE OF THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY, ASSENT 21:37.163 --> 21:40.731 OF THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY, ASSENT WAS ON THE FAA RADAR, NO PUN 21:40.733 --> 21:43.267 WAS ON THE FAA RADAR, NO PUN INTENDED, JUST THIS WEEK FOR AN 21:43.269 --> 21:43.601 INTENDED, JUST THIS WEEK FOR AN AWARD. 21:43.603 --> 21:44.001 AWARD. >> CORRECT. 21:44.003 --> 21:47.238 >> CORRECT. THE FAA RECOGNIZES TECHNICIANS 21:47.240 --> 21:50.374 THE FAA RECOGNIZES TECHNICIANS FOR TRAINING AND TYPICALLY IT'S 21:50.376 --> 21:51.876 FOR TRAINING AND TYPICALLY IT'S CALLED THE DIAMOND AWARDS, AND 21:51.878 --> 21:54.445 CALLED THE DIAMOND AWARDS, AND WE HAD IN EXCESS OF 60 FOLKS 21:54.447 --> 21:55.913 WE HAD IN EXCESS OF 60 FOLKS THAT WERE RECOGNIZED THIS WEEK. 21:55.915 --> 21:57.148 THAT WERE RECOGNIZED THIS WEEK. VERY PLEASED WITH THAT. 21:57.150 --> 21:58.549 VERY PLEASED WITH THAT. IT'S A COMMITMENT TO TRAINING 21:58.551 --> 22:01.952 IT'S A COMMITMENT TO TRAINING THAT ESSENTIALLY DRIVES THE 22:01.954 --> 22:02.353 THAT ESSENTIALLY DRIVES THE RECOGNITION. 22:02.355 --> 22:05.356 RECOGNITION. AND THERE IS THREE LEVELS OF 22:05.358 --> 22:05.656 AND THERE IS THREE LEVELS OF AWARD. 22:05.658 --> 22:10.127 AWARD. TOP TIER IS PRIMARILY FOR FOLKS 22:10.129 --> 22:11.095 TOP TIER IS PRIMARILY FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH 22:11.097 --> 22:12.463 THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH UNIVERSITY TRAINING, COLLEGE 22:12.465 --> 22:12.797 UNIVERSITY TRAINING, COLLEGE CREDIT. 22:12.799 --> 22:15.466 CREDIT. AND IN FACT OUR EMPLOYEE THAT 22:15.468 --> 22:17.968 AND IN FACT OUR EMPLOYEE THAT QUALIFIED FOR THAT IS CHRISTINE 22:17.970 --> 22:20.705 QUALIFIED FOR THAT IS CHRISTINE REESE, AND SHE GRADUATED FROM AN 22:20.707 --> 22:21.906 REESE, AND SHE GRADUATED FROM AN AVIATION COLLEGE. 22:21.908 --> 22:23.307 AVIATION COLLEGE. SO EXCELLENT TRAINING AND THAT'S 22:23.309 --> 22:24.542 SO EXCELLENT TRAINING AND THAT'S WHAT GETS US THAT RECOGNITION 22:24.544 --> 22:27.678 WHAT GETS US THAT RECOGNITION FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. 22:27.680 --> 22:29.914 FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. >> SOME ECONOMISTS WILL SAY 22:29.916 --> 22:31.082 >> SOME ECONOMISTS WILL SAY THERE'S SOME SLOW GROWTH IN THE 22:31.084 --> 22:31.382 THERE'S SOME SLOW GROWTH IN THE STATE. 22:31.384 --> 22:33.050 STATE. DO YOU, AS A RECENT BUSINESS TO 22:33.052 --> 22:34.585 DO YOU, AS A RECENT BUSINESS TO THE AREA, DO YOU FEEL THAT? 22:34.587 --> 22:37.121 THE AREA, DO YOU FEEL THAT? DO YOU SEE THAT, OR WOULD YOU 22:37.123 --> 22:37.488 DO YOU SEE THAT, OR WOULD YOU DISAGREE? 22:37.490 --> 22:40.124 DISAGREE? >> I THINK GROWTH IS MAYBE 22:40.126 --> 22:42.059 >> I THINK GROWTH IS MAYBE LOCALIZED TO THE EXPERIENCE THAT 22:42.061 --> 22:44.328 LOCALIZED TO THE EXPERIENCE THAT THE BUSINESS HAS. 22:44.330 --> 22:46.097 THE BUSINESS HAS. OUR EXPERIENCE IS BEING 22:46.099 --> 22:46.464 OUR EXPERIENCE IS BEING EXCELLENT. 22:46.466 --> 22:49.367 EXCELLENT. SO I RECOMMEND PEMA COUNTY FOR A 22:49.369 --> 22:49.734 SO I RECOMMEND PEMA COUNTY FOR A LOCATION. 22:49.736 --> 22:50.801 LOCATION. >> ARE THERE HOPES FOR MORE 22:50.803 --> 22:51.569 >> ARE THERE HOPES FOR MORE GROWTH HERE? 22:51.571 --> 22:54.405 GROWTH HERE? >> THERE CERTAINLY ARE. 22:54.407 --> 22:55.439 >> THERE CERTAINLY ARE. WE HAVE A CONSTRUCTION THAT IS 22:55.441 --> 22:57.274 WE HAVE A CONSTRUCTION THAT IS IN THE FINAL STAGES. 22:57.276 --> 22:58.943 IN THE FINAL STAGES. WE EXPECT TO BREAK GROUND WITHIN 22:58.945 --> 22:59.610 WE EXPECT TO BREAK GROUND WITHIN 90 DAYS. 22:59.612 --> 23:01.278 90 DAYS. I THINK OUR EXPERIENCE IS GOOD 23:01.280 --> 23:04.482 I THINK OUR EXPERIENCE IS GOOD AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED,'ER 23:04.484 --> 23:07.685 AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED,'ER COMPETING ON A WORLDWIDE BASIS 23:07.687 --> 23:09.186 COMPETING ON A WORLDWIDE BASIS AND THAT WOULD DRIVE OUR 23:09.188 --> 23:10.721 AND THAT WOULD DRIVE OUR COMPETITIVE EDGE SO TO SPEAK. 23:10.723 --> 23:13.257 COMPETITIVE EDGE SO TO SPEAK. SO WE'RE ALWAYS COGNIZANT OF 23:13.259 --> 23:13.724 SO WE'RE ALWAYS COGNIZANT OF THAT. 23:13.726 --> 23:15.493 THAT. WE'RE COMPETING WITH OTHER 23:15.495 --> 23:17.561 WE'RE COMPETING WITH OTHER COUNTRIES, OTHER STATES. 23:17.563 --> 23:18.429 COUNTRIES, OTHER STATES. AND IT'S A VERY COMPETITIVE 23:18.431 --> 23:19.096 AND IT'S A VERY COMPETITIVE WORLD OUT THERE. 23:19.098 --> 23:21.165 WORLD OUT THERE. >> DO YOU THINK BACK TO THAT 23:21.167 --> 23:22.666 >> DO YOU THINK BACK TO THAT FIVE-YEAR MARK WHEN ASSENT WAS 23:22.668 --> 23:25.035 FIVE-YEAR MARK WHEN ASSENT WAS DEBATING DO WE GO TO TUCSON OR 23:25.037 --> 23:27.671 DEBATING DO WE GO TO TUCSON OR IS IT BETWEEN TUCSON AND ANOTHER 23:27.673 --> 23:28.072 IS IT BETWEEN TUCSON AND ANOTHER LOCATION. 23:28.074 --> 23:28.806 LOCATION. WAS THERE EVER ANY QUESTION 23:28.808 --> 23:30.441 WAS THERE EVER ANY QUESTION ABOUT COMING TO THIS SITE? 23:30.443 --> 23:31.642 ABOUT COMING TO THIS SITE? >> THERE WAS QUESTION ABOUT THIS 23:31.644 --> 23:31.942 >> THERE WAS QUESTION ABOUT THIS SITE. 23:31.944 --> 23:33.477 SITE. THERE WAS A POTENTIAL FOR 23:33.479 --> 23:36.447 THERE WAS A POTENTIAL FOR CLOSING THIS SITE AND RELOCATING 23:36.449 --> 23:38.149 CLOSING THIS SITE AND RELOCATING TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION. 23:38.151 --> 23:40.851 TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION. AND I THINK OUR DECISION WAS AN 23:40.853 --> 23:42.753 AND I THINK OUR DECISION WAS AN EXCELLENT ONE. 23:42.755 --> 23:43.821 EXCELLENT ONE. >> WAS THERE EVER ANY DEBATE 23:43.823 --> 23:45.222 >> WAS THERE EVER ANY DEBATE ABOUT KEEPING THIS SITE OR MAYBE 23:45.224 --> 23:46.390 ABOUT KEEPING THIS SITE OR MAYBE SELLING THE PROPERTY OR NOT 23:46.392 --> 23:47.825 SELLING THE PROPERTY OR NOT STAYING IN TUCSON AND WHY DID 23:47.827 --> 23:49.794 STAYING IN TUCSON AND WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS PLACE AFTER ALL? 23:49.796 --> 23:53.998 YOU CHOOSE THIS PLACE AFTER ALL? >> THERE WAS ACTUAL 23:54.000 --> 23:55.299 >> THERE WAS ACTUAL CONSIDERATION FOR SELLING THE 23:55.301 --> 23:58.736 CONSIDERATION FOR SELLING THE ASSETS AND MOVING TO A DIFFERENT 23:58.738 --> 23:59.103 ASSETS AND MOVING TO A DIFFERENT FACILITY. 23:59.105 --> 24:00.871 FACILITY. IN HINDSIGHT OVER THE FIVE YEARS 24:00.873 --> 24:02.606 IN HINDSIGHT OVER THE FIVE YEARS WE'VE BEEN HERE, OUR DECISION TO 24:02.608 --> 24:05.276 WE'VE BEEN HERE, OUR DECISION TO STAY HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT ONE 24:05.278 --> 24:07.211 STAY HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT ONE AND WE'VE HAD GREAT OUTCOMES. 24:07.213 --> 24:08.212 AND WE'VE HAD GREAT OUTCOMES. >> WHAT WAS MAYBE SOME OF THE 24:08.214 --> 24:10.648 >> WHAT WAS MAYBE SOME OF THE REASON FOR THAT QUESTION IN THE 24:10.650 --> 24:11.549 REASON FOR THAT QUESTION IN THE FIRST PLACE? 24:11.551 --> 24:14.285 FIRST PLACE? >> SOME OF THAT RELATED TO 24:14.287 --> 24:15.186 >> SOME OF THAT RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 24:15.188 --> 24:16.954 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SOME OF THE OTHER STATES HAVE A 24:16.956 --> 24:20.724 SOME OF THE OTHER STATES HAVE A MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE ECONOMY 24:20.726 --> 24:21.325 MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT AWARDS AND 24:21.327 --> 24:22.493 DEVELOPMENT AWARDS AND INCENTIVES THAT THEY OFFER, 24:22.495 --> 24:23.694 INCENTIVES THAT THEY OFFER, SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE 24:23.696 --> 24:24.628 SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE AWARDS IN ARIZONA. 24:24.630 --> 24:26.263 AWARDS IN ARIZONA. BUT AGAIN THAT'S JUST ONE 24:26.265 --> 24:26.730 BUT AGAIN THAT'S JUST ONE CONSIDERATION. 24:26.732 --> 24:28.365 CONSIDERATION. >> WOULD YOU SAY NOW, I MEAN 24:28.367 --> 24:30.801 >> WOULD YOU SAY NOW, I MEAN LOOKING BACK IN THE LAST FIVE 24:30.803 --> 24:32.903 LOOKING BACK IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THAT ARIZONA HAS RISEN TO 24:32.905 --> 24:33.838 YEARS, THAT ARIZONA HAS RISEN TO THE EXPECTATION THAT THE COMPANY 24:33.840 --> 24:34.104 THE EXPECTATION THAT THE COMPANY HAS? 24:34.106 --> 24:36.674 HAS? >> I WOULD SAY THAT ARIZONA HAS 24:36.676 --> 24:40.244 >> I WOULD SAY THAT ARIZONA HAS RISEN TO THE EXPECTATION THAT WE 24:40.246 --> 24:40.511 RISEN TO THE EXPECTATION THAT WE HAD. 24:40.513 --> 24:41.078 HAD. THERE'S STILL GROWTH 24:41.080 --> 24:42.646 THERE'S STILL GROWTH CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLY SOME 24:42.648 --> 24:45.616 CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLY SOME MORE AVENUES OF ACHIEVING THOSE 24:45.618 --> 24:48.319 MORE AVENUES OF ACHIEVING THOSE LEVELS OF EXPECTATION. 24:48.321 --> 24:50.321 LEVELS OF EXPECTATION. BUT THERE ARE SYNERGIES IN OUR 24:50.323 --> 24:51.755 BUT THERE ARE SYNERGIES IN OUR INDUSTRY AND HAVING MORE 24:51.757 --> 24:52.957 INDUSTRY AND HAVING MORE AVIATION COMPANIES IN THIS 24:52.959 --> 24:54.592 AVIATION COMPANIES IN THIS INDUSTRY NEARBY ISSED A VONN 24:54.594 --> 24:56.961 INDUSTRY NEARBY ISSED A VONN TAYE JOUS AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE 24:56.963 --> 24:57.361 TAYE JOUS AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE THE GROWTH. 24:57.363 --> 24:59.630 THE GROWTH. >> YOU WOULD ENCOURAGE OTHER 24:59.632 --> 25:01.765 >> YOU WOULD ENCOURAGE OTHER BUSINESSES TO AT LEAST EXPLORE 25:01.767 --> 25:03.367 BUSINESSES TO AT LEAST EXPLORE THIS OPTION? 25:03.369 --> 25:03.801 THIS OPTION? >> ABSOLUTELY. 25:03.803 --> 25:07.538 >> ABSOLUTELY. IT'S A GREAT LOCATION. 25:07.540 --> 25:08.272 IT'S A GREAT LOCATION. THE ENVIRONMENT IS EXCELLENT AND 25:08.274 --> 25:14.378 THE ENVIRONMENT IS EXCELLENT AND THE POOL OF TALENT HERE IS VERY 25:14.380 --> 25:14.678 THE POOL OF TALENT HERE IS VERY GOOD. 25:14.680 --> 25:16.046 GOOD. ¶ 25:16.048 --> 25:18.315 ¶ >>> THE BUZZ NOW WITH MY 25:18.317 --> 25:20.017 >>> THE BUZZ NOW WITH MY COLLEAGUE CHRISTOPHER CONOVER. 25:20.019 --> 25:21.685 COLLEAGUE CHRISTOPHER CONOVER. THE ARIZONA LEGISLATURE WRAPPED 25:21.687 --> 25:23.220 THE ARIZONA LEGISLATURE WRAPPED UP IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS 25:23.222 --> 25:25.122 UP IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS OR SO AND ONE OF THE THINGS 25:25.124 --> 25:28.359 OR SO AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS REVAMPED 25:28.361 --> 25:30.728 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS REVAMPED CHILD WELFARE SAFETY PROGRAM. 25:30.730 --> 25:32.663 CHILD WELFARE SAFETY PROGRAM. >> DRAFT LEDGE OCCASION, NOTHING 25:32.665 --> 25:34.565 >> DRAFT LEDGE OCCASION, NOTHING FINAL YET HAS BEGUN TO 25:34.567 --> 25:34.932 FINAL YET HAS BEGUN TO CIRCULATE. 25:34.934 --> 25:36.634 CIRCULATE. AND WHAT THIS DRAFT LEGISLATION 25:36.636 --> 25:40.571 AND WHAT THIS DRAFT LEGISLATION DOES IS IT LAYS OUT WHAT THE NEW 25:40.573 --> 25:41.772 DOES IS IT LAYS OUT WHAT THE NEW AGENCY WILL BE AND THE 25:41.774 --> 25:44.808 AGENCY WILL BE AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR 25:44.810 --> 25:47.578 RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR AND WHAT EXACTLY THE AGENCY WILL 25:47.580 --> 25:48.245 AND WHAT EXACTLY THE AGENCY WILL HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO KEEP 25:48.247 --> 25:49.580 HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO KEEP GOING AND HOPEFULLY 25:49.582 --> 25:50.014 GOING AND HOPEFULLY SUCCESSFULLY. 25:50.016 --> 25:50.948 SUCCESSFULLY. >> THIS FAIR TO SAY WILL NOT BE 25:50.950 --> 25:55.419 >> THIS FAIR TO SAY WILL NOT BE THE END ALL. 25:55.421 --> 25:56.153 THE END ALL. I MEAN THERE'S MORE TO COME IN 25:56.155 --> 25:56.687 I MEAN THERE'S MORE TO COME IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO? 25:56.689 --> 25:57.121 THE NEXT YEAR OR SO? >> ABSOLUTELY. 25:57.123 --> 25:58.222 >> ABSOLUTELY. ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS IS OVER HOW 25:58.224 --> 26:00.324 ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS IS OVER HOW MUCH MONEY -- THE LEGISLATURE 26:00.326 --> 26:01.859 MUCH MONEY -- THE LEGISLATURE OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS HAS 26:01.861 --> 26:03.727 OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS HAS GIVEN HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF 26:03.729 --> 26:05.629 GIVEN HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO WHAT WAS CPS. 26:05.631 --> 26:07.498 DOLLARS TO WHAT WAS CPS. DO THEY NEED TO GIVE MORE MONEY 26:07.500 --> 26:09.266 DO THEY NEED TO GIVE MORE MONEY OR DOES THE AGENCY NEED TO BE 26:09.268 --> 26:09.633 OR DOES THE AGENCY NEED TO BE REVAMPED. 26:09.635 --> 26:11.035 REVAMPED. THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG ARGUMENTS 26:11.037 --> 26:14.071 THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG ARGUMENTS THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW AS 26:14.073 --> 26:15.272 THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW AS THIS DRAFT BILL CIRCULATES. 26:15.274 --> 26:19.143 THIS DRAFT BILL CIRCULATES. >> LET'S MOVE NOW TO THE FEDERAL 26:19.145 --> 26:19.443 >> LET'S MOVE NOW TO THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 26:19.445 --> 26:20.678 LEVEL. THE A-10 BACK IN DISCUSSION THIS 26:20.680 --> 26:20.978 THE A-10 BACK IN DISCUSSION THIS WEEK. 26:20.980 --> 26:23.314 WEEK. >> BACK IN DISCUSSION THIS WEEK. 26:23.316 --> 26:25.516 >> BACK IN DISCUSSION THIS WEEK. THE HOUSE ARM SERVICES COMMITTEE 26:25.518 --> 26:27.384 THE HOUSE ARM SERVICES COMMITTEE SPENT OVER 125 HOURS DISCUSSING 26:27.386 --> 26:32.523 SPENT OVER 125 HOURS DISCUSSING THE DEFENSE BUDGET THIS WEEK AND 26:32.525 --> 26:33.324 THE DEFENSE BUDGET THIS WEEK AND SOUTHERN ARIZONA REPRESENTATIVE 26:33.326 --> 26:35.159 SOUTHERN ARIZONA REPRESENTATIVE RON BARBER GOT AN AMENDMENT ON 26:35.161 --> 26:36.760 RON BARBER GOT AN AMENDMENT ON THE BILL THAT KEEPS IT IN THE 26:36.762 --> 26:38.195 THE BILL THAT KEEPS IT IN THE AIR FOR ANOTHER YEAR. 26:38.197 --> 26:42.566 AIR FOR ANOTHER YEAR. THE PENTAGON WANTED TO MT. BALL 26:42.568 --> 26:46.170 THE PENTAGON WANTED TO MT. BALL THE PROGRAM FOR ANOTHER YEAR. 26:46.172 --> 26:47.671 THE PROGRAM FOR ANOTHER YEAR. ALSO AN AMENDMENT WAS PUT ON TO 26:47.673 --> 26:50.407 ALSO AN AMENDMENT WAS PUT ON TO KEEP A PATCHY ATTACK HELICOPTERS 26:50.409 --> 26:51.108 KEEP A PATCHY ATTACK HELICOPTERS WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD. 26:51.110 --> 26:53.077 WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD. NOW A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY SAY 26:53.079 --> 26:54.645 NOW A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY SAY WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL WHETHER THE 26:54.647 --> 26:56.880 WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL WHETHER THE ACTIVE DUTY ARMY OR THE NATIONAL 26:56.882 --> 26:57.848 ACTIVE DUTY ARMY OR THE NATIONAL GUARD FLIES THEM. 26:57.850 --> 26:59.083 GUARD FLIES THEM. IN ARIZONA, SPECIFICALLY 26:59.085 --> 27:00.517 IN ARIZONA, SPECIFICALLY SOUTHERN ARIZONA, THAT WOULD 27:00.519 --> 27:02.753 SOUTHERN ARIZONA, THAT WOULD MEAN THE LOSS OF 24 CHOPPERS AND 27:02.755 --> 27:05.055 MEAN THE LOSS OF 24 CHOPPERS AND THEIR CREWS IN MA RAN THAT AND 27:05.057 --> 27:07.691 THEIR CREWS IN MA RAN THAT AND THAT'S HUNDREDS OF JOBS. 27:07.693 --> 27:09.660 THAT'S HUNDREDS OF JOBS. SO THOSE WILL STAY WITH THE 27:09.662 --> 27:13.297 SO THOSE WILL STAY WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD NATION WISE. 27:13.299 --> 27:17.635 NATIONAL GUARD NATION WISE. >> HUGE IMPLICATIONS. 27:17.637 --> 27:20.304 >> HUGE IMPLICATIONS. THERE'S SOME RELIEF AT LEAST 27:20.306 --> 27:21.372 THERE'S SOME RELIEF AT LEAST UNTIL NEXT YEAR. 27:21.374 --> 27:22.906 UNTIL NEXT YEAR. >> UNTIL THE NEXT YEAR. 27:22.908 --> 27:24.174 >> UNTIL THE NEXT YEAR. THERE'S A STUDY CALLED FOR TO 27:24.176 --> 27:26.076 THERE'S A STUDY CALLED FOR TO SEE WHAT THE AIR FORCE WOULD DO 27:26.078 --> 27:28.178 SEE WHAT THE AIR FORCE WOULD DO WITHOUT THEIR A-10 AND HOW 27:28.180 --> 27:31.248 WITHOUT THEIR A-10 AND HOW FEASIBLE THEIR IDEAS OF USING 27:31.250 --> 27:33.984 FEASIBLE THEIR IDEAS OF USING OTHER AIRCRAFT ARE. 27:33.986 --> 27:36.186 OTHER AIRCRAFT ARE. >> NOT GOING TO BE SLOW BY ANY 27:36.188 --> 27:36.520 >> NOT GOING TO BE SLOW BY ANY MEANS. 27:36.522 --> 27:36.987 MEANS. >> NO IT WON'T. 27:36.989 --> 27:38.455 >> NO IT WON'T. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANALYSIS. 27:38.457 --> 27:45.496 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANALYSIS. THAT DOES IT FOR OUR EDITION OF 27:45.498 --> 27:45.963 THAT DOES IT FOR OUR EDITION OF "ARIZONA WEEK." 27:45.965 --> 27:47.130 "ARIZONA WEEK." FOR ALL OF