Rick Larsen actually said...

"I place a lot of that blame--and there is plenty of blame to go around in this whole thing again."

"I do feel bad for those two pilots because I think they were absolutely overwhelmed with the task at hand."

"The most important safety factor you can have in any aircraft is a pilot that can handle whatever that situation is."

"I think they were overwhelmed. I think they were trying to figure out what was going on."