and we have ed bolen to thank for that quote. and it is so appropriate now to introduce the administrator of the f.a.a. and while he needs no introduction, i would just say that in 1995, that was the year that randy became, after a long flying career ending his career as captain at eastern airlines, he then came in 1995, he and i both became president at the same time. he became president of alpha. and i became president of ata. and we work together and it was a great working relationship, and we had many successes because we were able to work together on issues in which we all had agreement. he is the kind of person who is able to bring people together. he's had a great career, as i said, as a pilot, as a businessman, as an alpha leader. and so he was the perfect choice to become the administrator of the f.a.a., and i give you randy babbitt, administrator. [applause] >> well, thank you very much, jill. does a very kind introduction. i appreciate that. good morning to ed and other distinguished guests here. this is a great cabine

edward bolen, thank you. also, thank you for the sponsorship. we are most appreciative of that. a couple of comments. there is a phenomenal simulator, a nextgen simulator that you all have an opportunity to see in the first break we have after the next panel. the next panel is being led by craig. this is a flying day. i cannot thank you two enough. randy, great to see you. thank you for all your efforts on behalf of aviation. let's get both of them a big hand. >> live tonight, the white house black-tie correspondents' dinner. president obama and the first lady are expected to arrive at 8:00 p.m. then highlights of past dennis and your comments from facebook and twitter. then highlights of past events and your comments from facebook and twitter. "road toon c-span's the white house," republican president candidates from manchester, new hampshire. we will hear from mitt romney, tim pawlenty, rick santorum, herman cain, and michele bachmann. it starts at 6:30 p.m. eastern. >> president obama has announced a number of changes to his national security team with leon panetta replacing

dan bolen is here and part of the process and around the table whether it's mwaa, the airlines, there's this, i think people and the organizations that they represent taking their logos off at the end of the room, and we have to get this done. it's so obvious when you look at the economic impact. you look at the energy savings, and and certainly when we start to see that just this overall environmental upside as well, i think times really, really good. >> i know you're going to get questions probably from the folks about jetblue and about your role in paying for next increase. you talkedded about the importance of export markets to general aviation, and clearly, i think there's a pent up demand. i was just reading this morning for the potential of commercial aviation in china. how do you think you with penetrate that market? can you be affective in that market as you are in other countries or how do you see the export thing unfolding for you? >> china's pretty interesting market. i spent two weeks over there recently visiting various clusters of aviation. the concern we ought to have do

ed bolen and rolls-royce and don't leave behind your sticky ipad holders they gave you as long as the financial contributions. smith detix, united airlines, you will see what they have momentarily, and u.s. airways, great to have greg here and he and dave barger have been loyal participants and we really appreciate that. having ca here was great. west jet was generous. the hill, terrific, and all of the other speakers, this has really be a great day, and we are grateful to all of you. for those of you who bought tables, thank you too much. for all of youing if being here, it's terrific. it's three after five, and now it's your time to have fun and win some airline tickets. we thank you very much, and until next year, thanks again. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> tonight during primetime on c-span2, book tv. susan jacoby and the myths on the age of health care. then, donald