alpa stands ready to partner with anyone. we are trusted, capable partners and we will bring solutions to the table. thank you. >> thank you for the moderation here. thank you for the invitation to speak. and the opportunity to be on this panel it seems like a lot of issues i would discuss have already been touched upon. i have three points i would make today. one that the threats are real and the ball the and second of that risk-based security makes sense and third, partnerships are critical. we know that al qaeda has focused on aviation going back years and years. they continue to have an interest as we have seen going from 9/11 using the aircraft as a weapon to the ied a tent with the shoe bomber and the christmas day attempt and the attempt to involve liquids from the u.k. and the cargo plot from yemen that was previously mentioned passenger and cargo aviation remains a target and that is what the threats are real and evolving. we face an enemy that is determined and focused on the design, construction, and concealment of

eight years ago, one of alpa's very first issues was flight and duty time. your leadership then said a tired pilot is an unsafe pilot, and that fall, the department of commerce limits the first pilot or the captain to the max mum of 110 flight hours per month, and as we all know the decision and the debate continues today. eighty years later, alpa is still leading the way, and we are still talking about flight and duty time. we share the frustration that companies put profits ahead of safety and slow rolling the publication of a final rule. this afternoon, you heard from tom houder about ntsb, the investigations, and our recommendations, and many of the recommendations focused on the basic issues of training, team work, and leadership, and i know when it comes to safety and add vo -- advocating for safety, we have much many common with alpa. throughout history, you advocated and helped achieve improvements in the cockpit such as ground proximity warning systems, weather radar on aircraft, and collision avoidance systems, and so much more. today, i'd like to

that is the fuel in the engine of alpa and alpa safety. let me give you a particular thank you for the work that you do. everybody in this room knows that you are the ones making it run. so i thank you. [applause] i also have been up here for some incredible displays of airmanship that are tough to read in some cases. i had a lot of time to think about the superior airmanship of the pilots who have crossed over the stage for decades have exemplified. clearer thinking under stress, doing the right thing instinctively because there are so well trained and the training to have had their careers, training most of us hope we will never have to use. i want to get particular congratulations of alaska flight 68. congratulations to trans air flight 981. i would also like to thank the city's security pilot assistant, pete frye, bob, and mimi tompkins for supporting fellow pilots. i met me -- i should not say how far back because it will date both of us -- it was back if you years. i would just say it, it was 25 it was a stunning operation. it also s

and alpa stands ready to partner with anyone. we're trusted, capable partners and we'll bring solutions to the table. thank you. >> well, thank you, sean, for the moderation here, and captain moak for the opportunity to speak and for the opportunity to be on this panel. it seems like a lot of the issues that i would discuss have already been touched upon and so i appreciate that. and thank you for your support and chris thank you for being here for acina and i have three points i would make today. the threats are real and evolving. second that risk-based security makes sense. and third, that partnerships are critical. so on the first point the threats are real and evolving. we know that al-qaeda in particularly has focused on aviation going back years and years. and that they continue to have an interest as we've seen going from 9/11 using the aircraft as a weapon to the ied attempts with the shoe bomber, richard reid and then, of course, abdulmutallab with the christmas day and then the attempts involving the liquids from the u.

alpa has been an ally on a great number of many fronts. one of those important front and a new industry and is a very important front, it certainly has been for me over the years, and that's the issue of fatigue. i've been pushing for a lifetime into the time changes since i was president of alpa back in the '90s. that sounds old by set that way, doesn't it? back in the '90s. [laughter] the rule is now, in its final stages. we are working aggressively to get it out as soon as possible. we are committed to making certain that pilots are rested, fit, and had allocated amount of time that they need to be rested and ready to go to work when they report for duty. it's been a long time in coming, very close to it now. we also want to have the best trained and the best prepared pilots in the world. and the current training wheels we're working on to make sure that pilots have the right skills and experience. we are dedicated, the faa, the one level of safety and we want to make certain that all pilots have the right qualifications, qualifications

recognizes the many security initiatives advanced by alpa. we look forward to continuing to work with our industry and government colleagues in support of our shared goal of providing efficient and effective security. thank you. i look forward to the questions. >> thank you, chris. one note, too. while we're going through this panel and you're seeing the questions addressed an not answered, if you would like to ask quea, please feel free to jot them down. we'll have an opportunity to collect those questions. >> thank you. thank you, lee. and alpa for the opportunity to be here. a.t.a. appreciates it. this is a critical issue. on september 11, 2001, the terrorists were not attacking the airlines. they were looking for the most potent way to disrupt the u.s. economy and the worldwide economy. they thought it out pretty well. airlines are really the physical internet and aviation drives the worldwide economy as well as the u.s. economy. a.t.a.'s priorities here are pretty simple. we want a risk-based tridges-driven approach to security that enha

we are interested in working with also both alpa in their case, but looking at ata, but for the -- for example, the frequent fliers or trusted travelers. we're not interested in pulling all of the information into tsa. we're interested in pinging against it to make a judgment that if this person is part of this program at least in the initial iteration, we can make a determination. either they are in or out. so embedded on the bar code is the fact that that person is a known or trusted traveler. : >> each to the data bases that known crew members are accessing in their security. >> next question, also an audience question. actually, i'm going to change that up and go to the ones i had ahead of time. a partnership between the fbi and the private sector, and association of business, academia institutions, state and local law enforcement agencies, and other participants dedicated to sharing information and intelligence to prevent hostile acts against the u.s. aviation structure. to the panel, now that you've given feedback, can you give an assessment of how well the current system of shar

alpa asks them to careful me consider these. we have gone through a process. is time we solve this issue. this should be viewed as part of the solution rather than part of the prther.lem. w. 3 protect those resources. our lives depend on our suversesses and our failures in this effort. heor the surys, wisilum, an partnering with us on the program. Ãon te commend the a.t.a. for tg the step with us to jointly sponsor the known crew member program. the program now is rolled out, and we are confident it will pass the test over the neck fef months and rapidly move through some 8 with70s. airports over t coming e aars. Ãon te wour i also like to comm our other partners who share our vision on security. in order to achieve srtocess we encourage the t.s.a. to reach out to the indce atry subject matter experts in a truly meaningful dialogue while policies are being shaped not after the fact. i think these recent successes are a great example of that. we all have much in common on risk-based security. Ãon te are te. partners, and we'll bring .a thank yo70 >> thank you,

we are interested in working with both alpa and their case but looking at ata. but for, for example the frequent fliers or the trusted traveler programs that exist right now we're not interested in pulling all that information into t.s.a. we're just interested in pinging against it to make a judgment that this person is part of this program, at least in the initial iteration then we can make a determination basically a binary either they are in or out. and so embedded on the bar code is the fact that that person is a known or trusted traveler. as the program ensures and we're able to use more intelligence information and technology to refine and get greater granlaret, again, it's something that we don't want to be the holders of that information which could be exploited in some other way, somebody hacking into government system ors anything like that. so the focus is on simply accessing for the passenger who has made a reservation, are they part of this known or trusted traveler set? and if so, then there's a likelihood that they would receive the expedited scre

this is what alpa is all about.it truly is the core of the air line pilots association, and having given these awards and seeing the work that so many of you do, we will recognize some key people, but what i always appreciate your was the people that did not get recognized, the people that wrote all the rules, missed the dinners, did all the things like that, that is the fuel and the engine andalpa and safety. let me give you a thank you for the work you do, and i will come up here, but everybody in this room knows you are the ones who make it run. so i thank you. [applause] i have been up here for incredible displays of airmanship. i have had a lot of time to think about the superior airmanship that the pilots who crossed the state over decades have exhibited over the years. the winners tonight continue to exemplify the type of leadership, professionalism that we have been talking about, clear thinking under stress, and doing the right thing, instinctively, because they are so well trained and trained the have had