Thank you.
The situation you described was brought to the committee's attention. I am referring to the so-called self-certification process undertaken by Boeing and the FAA. It was practically Boeing that certified the aircraft. In light of those practices in other jurisdictions, we need to determine what our government's role is. Is it simply to rubber-stamp the aircraft certification even though control mechanisms may be defective?
We understand that, on the federal government's end, the certification, review and testing process was limited. When we asked officials whether they had detected any anomalies during the testing and certification process, they said no.
You referred to notes that had been provided by certain pilots. I'd like to hear more about those notes, because they don't seem to have been mentioned when senior officials met with the committee.