Tammy Duckworth actually said...

Without properly trained, equipped, and compensated workforce, the safety of the flying public will be put at risk.

I am calling on everyone who flies to loudly and forthrightly tell the airline lobbyists that we're on to them and their subterfuge, and we'...

High levels of pilot training and experience literally make the difference between success and failure, life and death.

We can't lower the standards. We need to raise the standards, but we have to figure out how to build this pipeline more successfully.