[gavel] the committee will come to order. Today, our subcommittee is holding an oversight hearing on the federal aviation administration. Im very pleased to be joined by senator jack reed, the subcommittees Ranking Member, senator caputo is here right from the start, and im sure we will be joined by others. The faa is a 17 billion agency with 44,000 employees who are responsible for virtually every aspect of aviation in our country, including the safety of commercial airlines, general aviation, and cargo aircraft. Every day, faas air Traffic Controllers are responsible for more than 44,000 flights and 2. 7 Million Airline passengers across more than 29 million square miles of airspace. Over the last year, muchneeded attention has been focused on the crashes of lion air flight 610 and Ethiopian Air flight 302. Serious questions have been raised about the effectiveness of the faas regulatory framework. For the sake of the 346 victims and their families, we need to ensure that these accid
Today, our subcommittee is holding an oversight hearing on the federa the faa is a 17 billion agency with 44,000 employees who are responsible for virtually every aspect of aviation in our country, including the safety of commercial airlines, general aviation, and cargo aircraft. Every day, faas air Traffic Controllers are responsible for more than 44,000 flights and 2. 7 Million Airline passengers across more than 29 million square miles of airspace. Over the last year, muchneeded attention has been focused on the crashes of lion air flight 610 and Ethiopian Air flight 302. Serious questions have been raised about the effectiveness of the faas regulatory framework. For the sake of the 346 victims and their families, we need to ensure that these accidents are thoroughly investigated, their causes identified, and their solutions implemented. Unfortunately, at this point, we do not yet have the conclusive results of the two crash investigations and cannot say definitively why these terri
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[gavel] the committee will come to order. Today, our subcommittee is holding an oversight hearing on the federal aviation administration. Im very pleased to be joined by senator jack reed, the subcommittees Ranking Member, senator caputo is here right from the start, and im sure we will be joined by others. The faa is a 17 billion agency with 44,000 employees who are responsible for virtually every aspect of aviation in our country, including the safety of commercial airlines, general aviation, and cargo aircraft. Every day, faas air Traffic Controllers are responsible for more than 44,000 flights and 2. 7 Million Airline passengers across more than 29 million square miles of airspace. Over the last year, muchneeded attention has been focused on the crashes of lion air flight 610 and Ethiopian Air flight 302. Serious questions have been raised about the effectiveness of the faas regulatory framework. For the sake of the 346 victims and their families, we need to ensure that these accid
Come to order. The chair be authorized to declare recess during states hearing, that objection is to order, subcommittee hearing to ask questions and objections so ordered. Good morning and thank you, to todays witnesses for joining the subcommittees hearing today on the state of aviation safety. Recent tragedies at home and abroad have shed new light on what is required to ensure the safety of the traveling public. In addition to the integration of new entrants drones into the National Airspace they also present safety and security challenges. The last congress they of 2018. Bipartisan legislation was setting a Solid Foundation to improve the safety of the nations airports, pilots, crew and passengers. Todays hearing is an opportunity to get the publics perspective on current risks and challenges facing our Aviation System and necessary safety improvement. This testimony will also shape priorities as we continue our investigation into the boeing 737 max and the oversight of the faas i