I'd like to explore what Mr. Dhaliwal said a little more.
Statistics are important, since we know the unions will also be appearing before us.
In November, the Federal Pilots Association told us that no incidents had been reported by the major carriers since 2007. You talked about accidents. At the beginning of your presentation, you mentioned some figures: 284 accidents in 2007 and 251 accidents in 2008.
First of all, what is the difference between an incident and an accident? Why have the companies reported no incidents since 2007 while, before the SMS was created, the inspectors reported incidents?
Second, what volume are we talking about? You said there were 284 accidents in 2007 and 251 in 2008. How busy was air transportation? Was there an increase or decrease in air traffic from 2007 to 2008? That is all I want to know.