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On the recordMay 18, 2009
I think a lot of this is about money, I would say to you, because you can put some very inexpensive pilots in some of those seats and save money, but I'm not sure that that's what the passengers and traveling public in this country would expect, boarding those airplanes.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Dorgan emphasizes safety concerns over cost-cutting in airline pilot hiring.

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