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Scenario would require in terms of coordination with the ground crew and their traffic control to prepare for that departure. >> incredible maneuvers in the air, if this person apparently didn't have pilot experience, how could he have done maneuvers from what you saw in the air? >> sure, and you're right maneuvers that were done that were incredible maneuvers with the aircraft. to our knowledge he didn't have a pilot's license, so to be honest with you, i mean, commercial aircraft are complex machines, they're not as easy to fly assay 150 so i don't know how he achieved the experience that he...

Though this was something in the order of 19 years old, these are highly cared for, highly monitored, highly inspected aircraft. they fly for decades. the pilot as i recall, something over 12,000 hours th s which is highly experienced pilot. so i don't think we're dealing with an issue of pilot experience. it doesn't mean that the pilot's actions or inactions may not be implicated. but as i said, the black boxes really do tell the story. and we'll have the answers to that very quickly. >> and make you a good point, the airlines are under a lot of pressure to keep everything up-to-date and insp...

Of course we know the plane ended up in the water. as you look at this as a pilot, one that has flown this particular type of plane what, information has stood out to you most revealing about what could have brought this plane down? >> you know here we have another apparently qualified crew that was unable to resolve whatever challenges they've faced. we've seen with air france 447 and other incidents with asiana having a safe path to the completion of the flight. so that is a growing concern globally i think in pilot experience and training. are we providing for them a robust enough safety sy...

Sky. that's how long it took for air france 447 to actually fall out the sky. >> what a grim prospect. ripped sean great to have your experience and knowledge to help us out. thanks so much. >> all right. thanks mikaela. the aircraft the airline, pilot experience. these are all issues surrounding airasia flight 8501 what do they say now about the st.ate of air safety?

Certainly severe icing can. these aircraft can carry a certain amount of what they call air frame icing. there's limits to all these things. that's why the pilot experience and pilot skill are so important. and airbuses are a great airplane. it's got a good safety record. i'm not suggesting there's anything wrong with the airbus design. but we do know there's limits. we have seen hail bring down aircraft. lightning has occasionally brought down aircraft. and certainly icing over the years has caused accidents. >> and let's talk about the fact that as far as the plimt information goes, and this...