Transport committee  I'm not a statistician, but sure.

Transport committee  I'm not too sure where their numbers came from either, but if they are valid then we should be promoting SMS even more, so that we can find those areas that need to be fixed and we can be proactive.

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  Certainly in an act of Parliament we'd like to ensure that these reports remain confidential because that will help ensure that you get reports, because otherwise people are not going to self-report, even if there was a 1% chance that this could be used against them somehow.

Transport committee  As long as it's de-identified, and that it's not specific to an airline, you could certainly think about that.

Transport committee  I will quickly give you an example of where SMS works. A pilot is flying along, and he's given a clearance to climb from flight level 340 up to flight level 350. He reads back “360”, and he climbs up to flight level 360. The next thing you know, he realizes that he's at the wron

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.

Transport committee  We don't want that either. We're absolutely vehemently against that. As I said, there are checks and balances. Pilots are very proud individuals, and we have programs set up so if a pilot is flying with you and you think they're not doing too well, there is a system in place in

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