During our discussions on air safety, numerous subjects kept being repeated and highlighted, with the witnesses providing substantial examples. My colleagues agreed that the main subjects that were repeated during our study were the following: fatigue, training, inspections, the security management system, and security at airports.
Madam Chair, if you permit me, I would like to elaborate a bit more on each subject in order to guide the analysts.
With respect to fatigue, I'd say highlight and acknowledge that we had two different concerns expressed by the witnesses, that the proposition of Transport Canada be based on scientific evidence and that the primary concern should be safety, and that the proposed one-size-fits-all approach worries some transporters.
On training, we heard from a variety of witnesses that training, whether for pilots, inspectors, or specialized workers in the aerospace industry, is key—