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I want to thank the panelists for your patience. Thank you for being here and being with us and were looking forward to your testimony. Rather than go through the record well start. Thank you. So first of all, id like to thank the committee for the extraordinary work that you did with all of the stakeholders to get a longterm faa reauthorization bill passed. It had been a long time since that had happened and everyone came together, and the votes that you received, we are 393 in the house and 93...

The subcommittee will come to order. The chairman will be able to call recess. Good morning and thank you to todays witnesses. In addition to the integration of the entrance of drones into the airspace, they provide challenges to aviation safety. Legislation set to a Solid Foundation to improve the nations safety. Is ans hearing opportunity to get the public perspective on current challenges and risks of our aviation system. This testimony will also shape our priorities as we continue our invest...

Hearing lasts an hour and 45 minutes. Were a couple minutes but will get started. The subcommittee on safety aviation will come to order. I want to welcome everyone to our hearing today addressing close calls to improve aviation safety. This may be the most important hearing we have all year and i want to thank chair cat well, Ranking Member cruz and moran in their help to making this hearing happen. The near misses weve been seeing recently are not normal and are a warning our Aviation System i...

Much, said risor about the firefighters she works with daily. So, for me, to help out another one of us that works here it is not a big deal, in my mind. That is what you do when you work here. The fire chief says risor was nominated partly because of her taking on the duties of a coworker who suffered Health Issues during the year. Risor said she is humbled by the award, and is thankful for the people she works alongside everyday. Three other people were also honored. Friends, family and collea...

Increasingly frustrated by the federal governments response. Chris taylor second joins us now live in the studio with more on this. Taylor. Were seeing it daily. The numbers continue to climb in the San Francisco Health Department. They reported an additional 20 cases today bringing the total case count to 281 mayor breed was joined with other local and state leaders. In todays announcement, all hoping that this Emergency Health declaration will help San Francisco get more vaccines. San francisc...

 - March 17, 2021, 8:00 AM James Viola, who became president and CEO of HAI in January 2020, has kept a busy agenda in his first year despite events such as the pandemic that could not have been foreseen when he took the role. (Photo: Barry Ambrose) When James Viola accepted the position of president and CEO at Helicopter Association International (HAI) in late 2019, he expected to have a long transition period as he paved the way for the association’s goals of extending its reach internati...