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Debris to determine if it belongs to mh 370 and whether there are any clues about what went wrong. joe reynolds worked on high-profile aviation crash investigations like value jet and air france 447. every move of investigators will be recorded. >> we want to make sure there is no question when we got it, we treated it problem early, we didn't alter it in any way and the record is there for anybody to see. >> reporter: they will measure it and look for unique markings serial numbers, manufacturing stamps. >> what's the first thing these investigators will be looking for? >> one of the first th...

Benefits in all of this does that translate to less safe? >> actually it can. it depends on three things. it depends on whether the low-cost carrier skimps on pilot salaries training and maintenance. for example, after valuejet crash after it crashed into the florida everglades the national transportation safety board found they skimped on maintenance, pilot pay and training all three and the crash as recently in the united states other than asiana have been lower cost regional carriers and they found the piles didn't have sufficient training and didn't have sufficient pay and that translated ...

A choice. i think it's inevitable given his previous statement that he had a pilot in lubitz who was 100% perfectly fit to fly. nothing in life is 100%. that will stick with him and come to haunt him. the larger request,what's to become of germanwings? is this a valuejet where they won't survive? >> valuejet was the airline that the plane crashed into the potomac in washington and that ended that relatively -- >> it was actually -- >> go ahead. >> it was the everglades crash. also an airline that -- similar scenario low-cost airline, difficulties that were linked back to management not keeping...

And would be sort of subsumed by euro wings. we were talking to david soucie whether or not financial problems at an airline sometimes translate to safety problems what are your thoughts? >> it does. and david was absolutely right when i was in the department of transportation the federal aviation administration had put several carriers under watches. when you're falling short on cash you can't skimp on things that the public sees so it's behind the scenes maintenance, safety issues so that's why faa puts airlines under financial crunch under special watch. that's happened to airlines from the...

When it came to what happened with malaysia. >> i want to broaden the discussion and look at industry-wide trends and not something pointed out by the financial times. there has been a rapid growth of traffic in southeast asia. this has put pressure on regulators and air traffic controllers as and the ability to maintain and say industry experts. what kind of pressure does this increase in traffic put on the airlines and the industry in places like southeast asia? >> the pressure on the airlines to respond to the business is severe. and the hiring practices and the business practices. even the...