With respect to the 90 minutes of an airplane flying at 37,000 or whatever its altitude, the country, the authorities were all deaf and blind for an hour and a half with respect to a commercial carrier, which is just unforgiveable.

The only reason I ask about that. This is a very unusual circumstance since 9/11 of a large commercial airplane flying out of contact for an hour and a half.

It is unacceptable that we have the enforcement agency or the other agency that should implement recommendations by and large ignoring them.

The families of victims of accidents I understand do not have a representative that participates in any NTSB investigation.

I do think, though, that we have not always done the best job we can in our agencies to make sure that we understand what needs to be changed and how do we make sure it happens.

It seems to me that your evaluation is that the NTSB is a pretty good organization, doing pretty well.

Chairman Hersman, thank you very much for being with us today and for your testimony.

One of the most significant issues here is enforcement, not just recommendations, but with what enforcement do we see the agencies and also the carriers implement recommendations.

What do you think from a safety standpoint at this point needs the greatest attention?

Fatigue clearly played a role.

I think that we have to examine that as a part of the beginning of a very serious problem.

But we are going to call him back in front of the Committee in the near future and ask, all right, you have made certain representations about what you are doing. Let us find out what you did.