"And to compare projects across modes and have flexibility----"
"I look forward to working with you and pledge our support."
"None of that is right. We need to set a much, much higher minimum bar."
"This has got to stop. It has to stop. And this hearing has to be the beginning of that change at last."
"I hope this is a new beginning with a new administration, a new Administrator, and a very assertive Chairman that we finally get these things done."
"I guess I have trouble reconciling pilot pushing, intimidation, punitive firing, discipline for pilots who are trying to follow the law and report themselves fatigued and people want to do the right t..."
"We need to have a uniform higher standard."
"That is one of the keys which you pointed to in 1992, if they don't have protection."
"But some--and we had Ms. Slaughter reference one particular outfit that does training in Florida and pushing people through pretty quickly."
"I would say it is a fairly similar circumstance, and I have done a lot of this."
"I think it is the FAA's duty to establish a higher bar, and then no one is at a competitive disadvantage."
"Clearly what we need is a Federal regulation to make that a nonquestion of compliance."