High levels of pilot training and experience literally make the difference between success and failure, life and death.

I want to reiterate my strong support for the post Colgan Air safety reforms, especially the 1,500-hour rule.

We have to get the system right and get air transportation right, and that will help America overall.

ALPA was proud to not only fight for the Women in Aviation Advisory Board (WIAAB) as part of the last FAA bill, but also to serve on the Board.

Unfortunately, measured against our goal of strengthening our aviation workforce, the actual grant funding amount of $10 million failed to meet the real-world demand of $121 million.

I am calling on everyone who flies to loudly and forthrightly tell the airline lobbyists that we're on to them and their subterfuge, and we're not having it.

They're trying to do what is easier and cheaper for them, not what is best for passengers or crews.

I find it incredibly frustrating that only 2.6 percent of aviation mechanics in the United States are women.

Chair Duckworth and Ranking Member Moran deserve considerable credit for their dogged support for the program, increasing its visibility, and attempting to grow its impact.

We must also ensure that our supply of aviation workers keeps pace with increasing demand, especially for pilots and mechanics.

We have to get the system right and get air transportation right, and that will help America overall.

We just aren't making the kind of progress that we need.

We need to reach out to these folks. I have an 8-year-old daughter that I hope has an easier ability to get into this business than females in my generation did.

I find it incredibly frustrating that only 2.6 percent of aviation mechanics in the United States are women.

ALPA was proud to not only fight for the Women in Aviation Advisory Board (WIAAB) as part of the last FAA bill, but also to serve on the Board.

Chair Duckworth and Ranking Member Moran deserve considerable credit for their dogged support for the program, increasing its visibility, and attempting to grow its impact.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 858 Be it enacted by the Senate and House…

We must also ensure that our supply of aviation workers keeps pace with increasing demand, especially for pilots and mechanics.