Rick Larsen actually said...

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

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

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

"I look forward to hearing from Admiral Salerno on what the industry has done to implement the Act."