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

"We are able to make decisions that truly yield the safest, the absolute safest, aviation system possible."

"I do want to make sure that we understand everything that happened and we don't allow mistakes to be made again."