Transport committee  That would be the gentleman.

Transport committee  None that I can cite right now.

Transport committee  Excuse me. I'm sorry. You'd like...?

Transport committee  Oh, yes. Justice Virgil Moshansky--

Transport committee  I think outside experts have linked the number of inspectors in Transport Canada and the aviation pilot inspectors to the level of safety. I think, though, the more inspectors you have, the better you'll be able to manage the safety of the industry--or the lack thereof, if we're not there.

Transport committee  I'm not well positioned to comment on whether it's responsible or irresponsible. I can just give you the fact that I think we're having difficulty maintaining, or attracting people, or keeping our people, as it is. Whether the budget is sufficient is for you to decide; I'm not there.

Transport committee  I'm sorry. I didn't hear your question.

Transport committee  In my experience in working in writing regulations, it generally takes as many as four years to pass a regulatory change. In this instance, Transport Canada is saying that it needs to review or to look at studies. Those studies already exist. So two years to get it through might not be impossible, but it will be very difficult.

Transport committee  From my members, because we're not subjected to the same work conditions as airline pilots are, I don't hear many complaints, but I do know that it is a significant concern. I personally have experienced having to work for long periods of time. It takes quite some time to recover and you make more mistakes near the end of 30 days of being on duty than you do after five days' work.

Transport committee  In my experience of how it worked in the past, I was always welcome to come into the company because I would find things that they were not aware of and that they intended to fix, things that they never intended to let go off the rails.

Transport committee  I can say that it's a remarkable change from a year ago.

Transport committee  It's quite noticeable.

Transport committee  We've always maintained that safety management systems is a good concept. Our issues were with how it was being implemented.

Transport committee  Not at all.

Transport committee  We never opposed SMS as such.