Over the last 20 months, there's been a lot that we've had to uncover and unpack, travelling to the States and sitting through their congressional and Senate hearings and trying to understand and learn anything about the planes and the aviation system.
We've had to learn so much, and that's one of the biggest difficulties. We're also trying to grieve and live our lives and work and just survive. I'm going through so much from a physiological perspective. I'm not the same person at all that I was before the crash.
I want everybody here to know that when this happens to you.... As I said in a couple of interviews, my life is dead. I'm a totally different person.
This shouldn't have been just about let's hurry and get the Max up so we can enjoy our travels and have a reduced cost because this plane is supposed to save the travellers some money. The whole idea of what Boeing did here was basically to try to save as much money as possible. They were trying to save money because of fuel efficiency, but they also tried to skimp on safety. They hid a lot of information. They knew this plane could potentially have a catastrophic event. They knew that, yet they certified the plane.
The FAA did not understand all about the Max and the changes that were made to the MCAS, and then they sent it to Transport Canada. We know a lot about what happened in the States, but we know nothing, really, of what happened in Canada, and what our civil aviation group knew and didn't know. It was only on March 12 of last year that we found out there was a concern letter showing some knowledge of this system, and that Transport Canada had asked some questions of the FAA that went largely unanswered, but when they did provide a response, Transport Canada basically said they didn't agree with what they had stated.
Then why not ground the plane? There's a definition of airworthiness in the Canadian aviation regulations on making sure the plane is safe to fly, and there's no way this plane was safe to fly. The facts speak for themselves, especially after a first crash. They should have grounded it then.