Mauril Bélanger at the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee

On March 21st, 2007. See this statement in context.

March 21st, 2007 / 4:25 p.m.

Liberal

Mauril Bélanger Liberal Ottawa—Vanier, ON

All right. Thank you.

I understood that the ICAO required operational oversight. Let me quote once again Mr. Holbrook's testimony to the committee. He stated the following:

In the system that has delivered Canada's current high safety rate, inspectors were under the hood of companies they audited and inspected. We flew with the pilots. We were in the maintenance shops. We were in the flight operations centres. With SMS, we will no longer do regular audits and inspections. We will review SMS documents, SMS reports, and system structures only. Our focus is shifting from actual operations to paper and policy.

Could you comment on this statement by Mr. Holbrook and on the ICAO's requirement of operational oversight? What exactly does that mean?

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