I see that I still have some work to do to convince you, but we have all the time we need. I do not know where you are getting your information that we reduced training budgets. To the best of my knowledge, civil aviation inspectors are on the contrary those who, throughout the department, have the largest training budgets. Unfortunately, I do not have the figures at my fingertips. Quite often, their colleagues from the rail and maritime sectors envy them.
On June 15th, 2006. See this statement in context.