Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My questions will be directed to Mr. Giguere and Mr. Perry.
What I find so tragic about the Max 8 certification process is that as far back as 2016, Transport Canada test pilots had questions about the plane's behaviour related to speed and pitch. These pilots didn't know it at the time, but the strange behaviours they were observing were related to the flawed MCAS. Naturally, the pilots had questions. They wrote these questions down on a concern paper that was sent to Boeing. Tragically and inexplicably, the certification process for the Max 8 was approved without having received answers to all the Transport Canada questions.
My question is to Mr. Giguere and Mr. Perry.
I really want to hear your perspectives, because you're the ones who fly the planes. Should Transport Canada continue the practice of approving certifications for airplanes before having received answers from the manufacturer to all of its questions?