Will move along now, even though that was not quite five minutes. Panel to i like to icons welcome the next panel appearing with many years of experience in the industry, mr. G. Michael collins faa retiree appearing in his individual capacity and with many Years Experience and his regulatory role, and doctor michael inslee, former chief scientist, u. S. Air, force and kept in a john cox, president ceo of safety operating systems, thank you all for being here today look for your testimony, without objection your full statement will be included in the record and so we will now proceed with your testimony, five minutes, as best you want to summarize. Mr. Pierson. I dont think its on. I forgot to put the budget, sorry. Members of the Committee Good afternoon thank you for inviting me to testify today, my name is ed pierson, i would first like to provide my heartfelt condolences for the family and friends who lost loved winds on flying air lion air, we are hes let me provide a bit of inform
They have had such a stellar record for so long and complacency can be a dangerous thing. Particularly in industries that produce that are truly safety critical. Despite this, we are not aware of any key efforts or initiatives in the faa to emphasize and reenergize the Safety Culture that once existed. We do understand that you spoken to your staff about not rushing grounding the an maxes and providing safety first, but has the faa fire hired Safety Experts from outside the the industry to look at the process . And have you hired more experts as some reviews have suggested. Have you sat down with managers and technical staff in the Seattle Office to hear the themmendations to improve faa and concerns about following and oversight. I would like to know what you have done to address safety and oversight issues. Thank you. Its a great question i welcome the opportunity to respond. On my first day at the agency, at my first town hall, i talked culture, importance of we need to have a syste
Swim boats are pending so were going t okay so votes are pending. We will move along now, even though that was not quite five minutes. Panel to i like to icons welcome the next panel appearing with many years of experience in the industry, mr. G. Michael collins faa retiree appearing in his individual capacity and with many Years Experience and his regulatory role, and doctor michael inslee, former chief scientist, u. S. Air, force and kept in a john cox, president ceo of safety operating systems, thank you all for being here today look for your testimony, without objection your full statement will be included in the record and so we will now proceed with your testimony, five minutes, as best you want to summarize. Mr. Pierson. I dont think its on. I forgot to put the budget, sorry. Members of the Committee Good afternoon thank you for inviting me to testify today, my name is ed pierson, i would first like to provide my heartfelt condolences for the family and friends who lost loved wi
Back here and the republicans called a doomed to fail procedural worlds. I have to go back to the floor again. Here is our time around here. Lets proceed to questions. Since i just got back i want to gather myself for a minute. Okay. I presume will be five minutes. I had to ask. Thanks. I want to thank the folks for being here. Doctor im seeing it discussion regarding Human Factors where the issues were looking at Going Forward and how we change if we should change i think we should how we change acidification process and what changes ought to be made. How should we think about incorporating Human Factors analysis into the certification of airplanes . The daca report talks quite a bit about and we concur with the recommendations to emphasize Human Factors more in a certification process. The real value certification is getting a second set of eyes and what is going on. Its way too easy for even very knowledgeable wellintentioned engineers to make incorrect assumptions or errors in thei
2, at the facility in dolphin county, pooh. It occurred 40 years ago. The incident rated a 5 on the 7 Point International Nuclear Event scale. Heres how ed bradley of cbs news covered it. This time no evacuation. Please stay inside. Middletown at this time is evacuation. Please stay indoors with your windows closed. This is not a community that scares easily. Major floods and hurricane agnes have come here and the town has survived. But for almost a week last month, the people of middletown, pennsylvania, lived in fear of an enemy they couldnt see, hear, or feel. Cbs news, of course that fear was radiation following the partial meltdown at tmi, the Nuclear Generating station considered the most Serious Nuclear power accident in the history of the u. S. For the next 90 minutes, well look back at the events that occurred. Eric epstein is joining us live. Hes the chair of the three mile island alert which is what . Three mile island aslert a safe energy organization. We were founded in 19