Thank you, Madam Chairman. You are correct. This is a very timely hearing. I appreciate you calling it.

I can assure you, I am not going away. We are going to get this fixed.

Let me use a little accounting lingo here. You have a price variance and you have a---- A volume variance.

How much remedial training are you on the front end having to do just because the applicants coming in, yes, they have a degree, but there are just deficiencies and you have to bring people up to speed in terms of whatever our education…

Wouldn't that be a pretty effective control? I mean, we talk about all these controls in theory, but the most effective control is how much money do you have to spend?

Quality, safety. That is the first. I am concerned about cost, but, boy, we do not want to compromise quality and safety at all.

Are they all the same, or are there different configurations of that?

So, my bottom line, and we have to go to a vote, is the development of better information, not just for the sake of getting information, but actually targeted, and then working with the contractor to actually hone in on what-- because it…

I would think the private sector would probably be a little more nimble and be able to bring some real technological advancements.

I did read the Inspector General's report. It raised probably more questions than it answered.

It is about information. It is about being able to have the tools and being able to make that evaluation.

So, we can criticize the FAA for not having defined this training requirement.

Because, then I was going to say, different types of equipment configurations. I am trying to get my arms around the complexity of the training situation.

I want to understand exactly how the training occurs, who is doing it, how much is done by the FAA, how much is done by Raytheon, what the breakdown is, how intensive this training is.

I think one thing we can do in terms of keeping that spotlight on this would be something the Committee...

Let us pare them back, let us force efficiency.

I mean, the fact that we do not have a common accounting system, that we do not have a common way of accounting for these things is ridiculous.

Is that a piece of legislation that is required? I mean, I would think the OMB could basically force agencies to do so...