Transport committee  I haven't talked to Mr. Slunder about his testimony.

Transport committee  But the question is for me, if there are fewer inspections done, is that because we have a more robust SMS system in place? This has been in five years. I would say yes.

Transport committee  I'm not familiar with the—

Transport committee  I do know there's been a cut to the budget. Yes, I do know that.

Transport committee  They represent the Transport Canada inspectors.

Transport committee  I don't know a whole lot about them; I'm sure they are.

Transport committee  We're aware of it.

Transport committee  They certainly know Transport Canada, yes.

Transport committee  Yes, absolutely.

Transport committee  Could I go back to your original...?

Transport committee  I'm not familiar with the details of that. I do know they did identify some areas. Some of it was equipment, and lack of equipment on the aircraft as well, and there have been some recommendations. It's unfortunate that it's taken an accident to get some recommendations for chang

Transport committee  As far as I know from our nine operators, they do most of the work in-house or in Canada.

Transport committee  Transport Canada sets the regulations, and everybody must adhere to that level of safety. They absolutely have to. But you can't regulate for every single scenario, and it's those scenarios that are sort of in the middle that SMS will help catch if there is an issue that's not q

Transport committee  If you're talking pilots specifically, normally, if we're in a simulator, we get 24 hours notice, just to say that somebody is coming with you. If it's a line check, they show up at the gate, so it's completely unannounced.

Transport committee  That's in place right now. When the report gets filed, if the receiver of it looks at it and says, “No, that's not within the boundaries here”, it will be taken care of in a different avenue.