Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Before 2005, I was a layman about this. When I was elected, in 2004, I had the opportuity to visit some airports and I learned that one could not stay for too long between the fences close to the tarmac. One was asked to leave the place quickly.
In small airports such as the ones at James Bay or in Nunavik, the situation is now somewhat pitiful with luggage around the airplanes and other airplanes landing in the middle of all this. However, that is secondary. I have now learned that there may have been some slackening since 2005 or that fewer inspectors are available.
I have a concern and you may probably be able to put it to rest for me on the basis of your experience. You said a while ago that changes have been made to airplanes and to the building of airplane wings, and so on, and that the licenses are now being issued by Transport Canada. However, a question came to my mind after that. A license has been granted for which there may have been a lack of verification of the plans that were submitted. Maybe someone forgot to do their work.
About this company that is known for building airplane wings, when the time comes to change the wings of an airplane, it is not engineers who are there but laymen. It is people like me who decide to start a company and to change the wings on airplanes with staff that they have trained themselves. And they build wings for other companies. In Trois-Rivières, especially, there is a company that buys wings from them.
When the time comes to put the airplane back in service, is there an inspection? Based on your experience, do you think there should be an inspection before licensing that aircraft to fly again after the changes have been made?