Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"I think that there ought to be some finite limit that says, 'Look, if you can't get through it in a couple of turns, you're not fit for this kind of post.'"

"I'd rather end his career than have my wife and my children on that airplane, I can tell you that."

"People are anxious to go places, they still crowd airplanes, there are still huge delays and so forth, but the overriding concern is safety."

"We have lots of brilliant people doing things, but we don't have enough."