"I was worried he would be fired for vocally raising his concerns about the unsafe working conditions he had described to me."
"We deserve better conditions at work, but we also want our airports to be a safe place for passengers."
"MIA is the property of the residents of Miami-Dade County and I am one of the officials these residents have elected to represent their interests at the airport."
"If this company is willing to intimidate an elected official, I can only imagine what they are willing to do to employees who need these jobs to pay the rent and put food on the table for their famili..."
"opening statement"
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and also for having this hearing."
"Thank you so much for traveling for this very, very important hearing."
"This roundtable brought widespread media attention to the issue and finally prompted the CEO of Eulen America, Mr. Xavier Rabell, to request a meeting."
"It was very disturbing to read numerous reports on Boeing decisions such as designing MCAS to rely on input from a single angle-of-attack sensor..."
"the certification of this aircraft failed to detect technical problems from which even experienced pilots could not recover"
"the operational implications of the grounding and safety certification of the Boeing 737 MAX are literally a matter of life and death"