05/10/2010
https://www.congress.gov...
"The reduction in the number of Federal airtankers from 43 in 2000, to 11 in 2011, has resulted in significant impacts on this integrated system."
"Is it your intention in a wildfire, wildland fire on Federal land, to let the land burn or to attack it at its beginning?"
"I think the decision was made in the Station Fire, not to attack early. And I think that was a mistake."
"Well, I'm going to follow this fire season very carefully and come back and look at this transcript."