how do we prevent this from happening again. are there systemic issues throughout the regional airline industry that need to be addressed and in fact have been addressed over the past year. dealing with fatigue management, quality of the crew, with whether the crew is commuting long distances, with how many hours of cockpit time they have, and whether they are up to the job. do they know the ins and outs of that cockpit as well as a mainline carrier pilot does. and i must say, over the course of the past year, the answers have been no. in many cases, they are not as well trained and they don't have the experience that a mainline carrier has. the issue is, how do they now bridge that gap. that's going to be the big concern going forward. >> all right. nbc's tom costello at that hearing for the ntsb. please report back and let us know what's decided. appreciate your report. well, still on transportation, we'll find out today how badly toyota's recall affected its bottom line, along with the other sales figures from the big automakers. cnbc's phil lebeau covers the car industry for cnbc and for us. phil, good morning, what are we