Good morning. And i want to thank the witnesses for joining todays hearing on the implementation of the faa reauthorization act of 2018. One year ago, this committee wrote comprehensive Bipartisan Legislation to raise the bar on aviation safety, improve the flying experience for the traveling public, better prepare and diversify the aviation workforce and foster innovation in the u. S. Airspace. Todays hearing is a critical milestone in the subcommittees oversight work to ensure the timely implementation of the law in accordance with our intent and to address new challenges. Although the faa has made some progress on fulfilling the laws directives, ongoing implementation delays threaten the important work needed to advance u. S. Aviation and aerospace and maintain our global leadership. Our first panel of witnesses are dan ellwell, faas deputy administrator and joel savat. Mr. Elwell and zavt, i expect your testimony administrations efforts to swiftly implement last years law. I would
To the invention of supersonic aircrafts the push for whats possible, revolutionized travel. What was once novel yes even dangerous has become commonplace bordering on monday. And is year over year the safest way to travel the world, in 2018 along the, u. S. And Foreign Airlines kara come by one billion passengers, roughly one ace of the entire global population. Right now i can fly from d. C. Texas in last than 100 dollars. We have democratized transportation in the way the right brothers, could never imagined. This evolution has not without challenges, from deadly often preventable crashes to, simply setting up a system that managed to traffic, we have had ingenious safer machines, crashing, inland new system to meet our really neat. In short, we have to adapt as the landscape changes. Which brings us to the topic of today, improving and modernize air Traffic Control for the American People i. Want to make clear from the start that i am sure the air Traffic Control, efforts from prev
Hello, and welcome. In the last hour, the uks oldest travel firm, thomas cook, has announced it ceased trading after talks with creditors and shareholders to raise the 250 million to avoid collapse failed. Ministers say plans to fly holidaymakers back to the uk are in place. It was one of the Worlds Largest travel firms and employed 22,000 staff, 9,000 of whom are in the uk, and serves 19 million customers a year in 16 Different Countries. Simon calder is the travel editorfor the independent and he joins us from Manchester Airport in the north of england. It meant that nobody will be flying out of here in the morning. Flights we re out of here in the morning. Flights were due to start in three hours time heading off from here to greece and that is not going to happen. Thomas cook has stopped trading and this is it really the mightiest brand in travel. It has been going for 178 years. The numbers are awful. 21,000 people im afraid i going to be looking for newjobs. There is around 1 Mil
The uks oldest travel firm, thomas cook, has announced it ceased trading after talks with creditors and shareholders to raise the 250 million to avoid collapse failed. Ministers say plans to fly holidaymakers back to the uk are in place. It was one of the Worlds Largest travel firms and employed 22,000 staff, 9,000 of whom are in the uk, and serves 19 million customers a year in 16 Different Countries. Simon calder is the travel editorfor the independent and he joins us from Manchester Airport in the north of england. The Tour Operator had been thriving for many decades and staff here are simply stunned by what is happening. The flights are still coming in. Aircraft arriving from cyprus, turkey, some en route across the north atlantic but when they land, they will find that the staff very sadly have lost theirjobs. The passengers will be the last people to enjoy the service and this is being repeated at airports across britain and germany as well as scandinavia. Last flights arriving a
The meeting will come to order, elections to order, i will ask unanimous consent, members of noncommittee be able to sit with subcommittee at todays hearing and ask questions, without objection, so ordered. Good morning and i want to thank todays witnesses for joining the subcommittee ongoing discussion on the status of boeing of 737 max, second and series investigating tragic boeing 737 max accidents, the purpose of todays hearing is to hear from people who fly the airplanes and those who fly in the airplanes. Their loved ones deserve answer. Congress and the industry has worked together to restore confidence and air travel, the foundation of the Community Investigation into boeing 737 max is ensuring safety, as i said before, if the public does not feel safe about flying, then they wont fly, they dont fly, the airlines dont need to buy airplanes, they dont need to buy airplanes, airplanes dont need to be built and if theres no need to build airplanes, no job in aviation, the foundati