Bill Shuster: “The NTSB is a relatively small agency but the work it does, the accident reports it issues, and the recommendations it…”

“The NTSB is a relatively small agency but the work it does, the accident reports it issues, and the recommendations it makes have contributed to the improvements in safety that we have seen. However, the recent tragedies involving Valuejet and TWA demonstrate once again what an important role the NTSB plays. The bill would allow NTSB to offer its training classes to non-NTSB employees and collect a reasonable reimbursement fee. In addition, the bill authorizes NTSB to keep confidential some safety-related information that it would like the airlines to voluntarily provide. It is important to note that the information that would be kept confidential is information that is not revealed by the airlines now so withholding it is not denying the public anything they now hear about.”