me, thank you very much your next we will hear from mister cohen. you may proceed. thank you. chairman dorgan, senator demint and members of the subcommittee. i'm roger cohen and i am president of the regional airline association. i want to express our deepest sympathy for the lives of the passengers and crew of flight 3407 that were lost and for the families affected by the crash. we deeply share in their grief. i also want to express today not only for our member airlines, but for our 60000 highly trained professionals, our total unwavering commitment to safety. as we work towards ensuring patient as we work towards this, let's make sure this postaccident process does not have to be repeated. we will take whatever steps are necessary so that our flight crews and our aircraft are as safe as humanly possible. the safety of our nation's skies is a shared responsibility. at monday's faa summit, five of our regional airlines ceos and other senior leaders, five of our ceos joined with federal agencies, major airlines, and union representatives to candidly explore all of the issues