We still have not made good on the 9/11 Commission's recommendation to build an interoperable public safety communications network.

it seems to me that we need to fix that, and fix that soon, because there's no reason to know everything that you can know about the airplane, but not the pilot that's flying the airplane.

It is my hope, and the hope of those who lost love ones on that flight, that the answers will lead to changes in the way that the Federal Aviation Administration operates and interacts with the airline industry.

These families have raised questions about a variety of issues, from uniformity of training requirements to relations between the regulators and the airlines they regulate.

I hope you will consider that a priority.

we should address the issue rather than ignore the issue.

And you're bringing them in Monday?

And we should say that we are discussing this through the lens of a tragedy, and understand, always, that that is the case.

But, isn't that the key: You don't know.

you ought to know the same about the pilot that you know about the plane

I think we have to propose some legislation that fixes that.

My--the reason I asked the question is, my understanding is that somewhere around seven out of the most recent nine accidents were accidents with commuter carriers.

I went back and read the de-icing issues--or, the icing issues, this morning in the transcript.

I want to thank you for holding a hearing on the issue of the Federal Aviation Administration and its role in the oversight of commercial air carriers.

There’s no excuse, in my judgment, for the FAA to wait another month to begin a rulemaking.

I was stunned, frankly, learning what I learned.

I'm a lot less interested in what regulations are in force versus how regulations are enforced.

What kind of experience are you having with recruitment and retention?