Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"What might we do to prevent-- what would you recommend that we do to prevent intimidation of whistleblowers and blocking their points of views?"

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

"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.'"

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