I mean, it just will not surprise--it shouldn't surprise any of the three of us--that two of the people who got in a cockpit that day to fly to Buffalo, one hadn't slept in a bed for two nights, and the other hadn't been in a bed the night…

How prevalent is it to find people spending all night in a crew room, without a bed, before a flight?

the issue is, there's already a rule. I mean, the rule would have told both of those pilots, 'You can't show up at LaGuardia and spend your time in the crew room. You've got to get rest somewhere.'

And it seems to me to be pretty persuasive evidence that you've got to make things happen.

I want to thank you, Chairman Dorgan, for your many years of dedication and commitment to the welfare of Indian people

Things have changed dramatically in the commercial aviation sector, and we have to make changes to respond to it.

the major carrier, in most cases, does not have responsibility for, or liability for, the regional carrier.

But, let me put up--these are the Colgan air pilots commuting to the Newark base.

the legislation on the floor of the Senate at this point includes legislation that I have worked on with my colleagues for about 3 years. It is a bipartisan piece of legislation called the Travel Promotion Act. I wish to talk just a bit…

But, I'm talking--did this pilot have adequate training on--you know, look, in the first 10 hours of instruction, when you want to get a pilot's license, you learn what a stall is and how to recover from it.

The carriers--the major carriers themselves have their own routine and their own procedures for training and a range of other employee practices.

For all scheduled passenger carriage, yes, that's correct.