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Meticulous. he knows he has a high profile and people expect a lot out of him and he takes it seriously. >> and this is not the first time harrison ford has crashed in a plane. will this be the time he is deterred from getting in the cockpit again? >> i don't think so. the other incidents over the years were fairly minor training related things and he's very passionate about his flying and love his airplanes and loved the pilot community and the aviation -- the small airports across the country that are an important part of the national transportation infrastructure and he loves to talk about ...

Major crashes in the u.s. every year. and by the time i retired ten years ago, we'd go four and five years at a time without a major crash in the u.s. so the long-range picture, flying has gotten safer. the first malaysian mystery, and the second was a shoot down. i think it's unusual that that is a blip in the long-range blend. >> the other thing i want to ask you is this discussion about the use of auto pilot. and there have been many articles talking about criticism from some in the pilot community that nowadays there's a concern folks are too rely yants on it. can you shed any light on tha...

Accident rate, if you want to do that, it's hard to have this highly evolved monkey sitting in the cockpit. >> unsurprisingly those comments turned up quite a bit of backlash from the pilot community. with us is jeff wise. gentlemen, good to have you both here. so obviously, there has been some backlash about what you said yesterday. they reached out to us. the airline pilots association. and they sent a statement. i'd like to read it and i want you to clarify or whatever you want to say to the comment. let's take a look at that. technology and air transportation is a powerful tool, but is no ...

>> had at his home. >> yes, that leads me to believe he was a very dedicated captain. and i'm leaning more toward an intruder. >> now that we're getting a little more information from the malaysian government and a little more feeling of at least closure about the fact that this is probably a downed airplane and not something else. what is the kind of view of sort of the pilot community on this as folks around the world who do this work, which is high-impact and can be risky. what do you think is the view? >> i mean, i think everyone is holding back from making judgment because this story has ...

And one of the problems is where is the money going to come from? here's what the f.a.a. says, peter, they say the f.a.a.'s rigorous training programs ensured new controllers earn that certification while maintaining our high safety standards so they say they're safe. what say you? are we safe? >> oh, listen, we have the safest air traffic system in the world. because the last time we had a mid air collision was over 25 years ago. we have the government and the pilot community have focused on this issue and they've been successful. do we need to do more? you always got to focus on increasing s...