michael seward, chair defazio, and the written testimony from the association of professional flight attendants. no objection, so ordered. with that, turn to chair defazio for an opening statement. >> thank you mr. chairman. this is of course our second hearing. i don't inc. we should be here today. i don't think 346 people should have died. i believe that this was preventable. we have family here today, who lost a daughter. we will hear from them in a future meeting. but, there are a lot of questions that still remain unanswered. and we are pressing forward with this is a very comprehensive investigation. a lot of it leads back to the organization delegation authority process, certification process. the question about the role of engineers in this process, versus that of operators, pilots, and other safety professionals who work on those planes. it is inexplicable to me, and i asked in the first hearing, i asked the acting administrator, i said, is this a safety critical system? mcas. he said yes. and my question was then, how can we allow a safety critical system with a single poin