There are not the votes in the United States Senate for the public option. There never have been.

There are not the votes in the United States Senate for the public option. There never have been.

regional carriers are paying lower salaries than the network carriers in the cockpit.

the Wall Street crowd can't wait to sink their teeth into a new trillion dollar trading market in which hedge funds and investment banks would trade and speculate on carbon credits and securities. In no time they will create derivatives…

We're going to call this hearing to order.

What responsibility does a major carrier that employees a regional carrier by contract have for the standards at that regional carrier?

the question is, Isn't there, by definition, less experience in the cockpit...

But, that approach represents opportunity, rather than responsibility, it seems to me.

more and more flights... migrated to the regional carriers.

Do you think there's a problem, or don't you?

I think if, God forbid, there's an accident next year, and it is someone related to one of the witnesses that's on the airplane, and you discover what we now know about what put--what clearly had to have been fatigue in that cockpit, would…

the requirement is on the network carrier to make certain that someone who's flying on the network carrier, and then going to a co-chair partner, is going to fly on an airplane that--with a crew that you feel represents the same safety…

Senator Thune, thank you very much.

I certainly think that it's very important that the carrier has policies that support commuters and individual stability.

I mean, you know, there's no room for errors in a cockpit. And when you're fatigued, you make mistakes.

what's your responsibility when you employ Mr. Trenary to pick up and drop off passengers?

Let me just ask, again, about this issue of IOSA.

the only thing I would say to that is that there's a general feeling, I think, even at the FAA, that that's--one standard has drifted since the mid-1990s