Silicon valley. Why many say techs Boys Club Culture is to blame. Plus race and roles. The real picture on diversity in hollywood. The war in yemen matters for america and for the world and what is unfolding there now is already having an impact for beyond its borders, we see it in oil prices, we zoo he it with the Coalition Led by saudi arabia. Hawpe wering air strikes on the rebels who have seized power. Some are worried about the possibility of a larger regional conflict. Well get to all of no is issues in a moment. But first day two of the military assault. For the second night saudi arabia crane jets bombed houthi targets in yemen and we got a first look in dilate of the damage done the night before. An air base near the airport damage the. Homes and cars nearby flattens. People in shock. At least 18 people were killed. Thousands of houthi supporters took to the streets in the capita sanaa to protest against the air strike. While in the city of tiaz. People filled the streets wavi
And restore it and keep it seamless. Okay. Well thank you. I only have half a minute remaining. Miss gilligan i think i will just submit a question on the record for you about the Contract Tower Program and stress that the senate and house continue to strongly support the faa Contract Tower Program on a bipartisan basis and request you to comment on the record about any recommendations faa may have for reauthorization bill to ensure that this program is enhanced and protected. Thank you. Thank you, senator. I think certainly after our hearing last week, its important. I look forward to the answer to senator wickers question. Thank you. And now id like to call on senator klobuchar. Thank you very much, madam chair. A lot of interest in the hearing p. M. Im pre hearing. Im pretending those are lines of people trying to get in you just heard. I want to welcome members of the families. Weve worked with you especially on the bill on pilot fatigue and captain sullenberger, i thought i would
House. And sunday on in depth, our conversation with documentary film maker and writer jon ronson whos written many books including so youve been publicly shame, the men who stare at goats, and the psychopath test a journey through the madness industry. Well be taking your phone calls, email Facebook Comments and tweets. Get the complete schedule at cspan. Org. Sunday night on cspans q a, Washington Post National Security reporter Walter Pinkus on the situation in the middle east and his opinion on the 2003 invasion of iraq. I think one of the things about the Bush Administration and paul wolfowitz, who never claimed to be an expert on the middle east or on iraq, and proved it, and historys proved it is that we look at things from our own point of view and get deceived by it. You can go back to vietnam is a great example of the first time we sort of did it openly, but we have a history of trying to think other people are like us or want our standards, and the world is different. And pa
Waste a lot of time in training breaking bad habits pilots acquire while trying to quickly get to 1500 hours. A university of north dakota study highlights these concerns comparing pilots hired before the rule with those hired after. The results showed pilots hired after the rule had a significantly higher number of total flight hours but were more likely to need additional training. And less likely to successfully complete training than those hired before the rule. Far from wishing to weaken these important safety measures, our objective is to strengthen first officer qualifications and provide for even better Pilot Training. Regional airlines will continue to do our part. Weve already offered wage increases, signing bonus enhanced flow through and bridge programs. Airlines will continued a justing Training Programs and expending Additional Resources to ensure all newhire pilots have the skills to move from training into the ranks of qualified and competent line pilots. We can prevent
House continue to strongly support the faa Contract Tower Program on a bipartisan basis and request you to comment on the record about any recommendation recommendations faa may have for reauthorization bill to insure that this program is enhanced and protected. Thank you. Madam chair. Thank you, senator wicker. I think certainly after our hearing last week, its important, many members of the committee share the support for the Contract Tower Program so i look forward to the answer to senator wickers question. Thank you. Now i would like to call on senator klobuchar. Thank you very much. A lot of interest in the hearing. Im pretending those are lines of people trying to get in that you just heard. Thank you so much, and i also wanted to welcome the colgan flight people who are here today. Members of the families. We worked with you, especially on the bill on pilot fatigue. And captain sullenberger, i want to thank you for your continued attention to improving the fatigue standards, and