Tammy Duckworth

Chair Duckworth and Ranking Member Moran deserve considerable credit for their dogged support for the program, increasing its visibility, and attempting to grow its impact.

I am optimistic that working together in a bipartisan way, we will craft a proposal that combines the best elements of our respective bipartisan bills.

Unfortunately, measured against our goal of strengthening our aviation workforce, the actual grant funding amount of $10 million failed to meet the real-world demand of $121 million.

We must also ensure that our supply of aviation workers keeps pace with increasing demand, especially for pilots and mechanics.

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

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're not having it.

I want to reiterate my strong support for the post Colgan Air safety reforms, especially the 1,500-hour rule.

They're trying to do what is easier and cheaper for them, not what is best for passengers or crews.

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

The Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) Act passed with overwhelming bipartisan support last Congress.

We have to get the system right and get air transportation right, and that will help America overall.

I support Phil Washington because I feel like he is not going to go along with a group think of everything is OK.

We would highly encourage from education that that funding be expanded.

We need to reach out to these folks. I have an 8-year-old daughter that I hope has an easier ability to get into this business than females in my generation did.

I know how critical it is to conduct outreach to young women while they are still in school.

We just aren't making the kind of progress that we need.

I find it incredibly frustrating that only 2.6 percent of aviation mechanics in the United States are women.

ALPA was proud to not only fight for the Women in Aviation Advisory Board (WIAAB) as part of the last FAA bill, but also to serve on the Board.

Chair Duckworth and Ranking Member Moran deserve considerable credit for their dogged support for the program, increasing its visibility, and attempting to grow its impact.

We must also ensure that our supply of aviation workers keeps pace with increasing demand, especially for pilots and mechanics.

I am optimistic that working together in a bipartisan way, we will craft a proposal that combines the best elements of our respective bipartisan bills.

Unfortunately, measured against our goal of strengthening our aviation workforce, the actual grant funding amount of $10 million failed to meet the real-world demand of $121 million.

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're not having it.

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

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