Mark Rosenker
Mark Rosenker
Mark Rosenker is an American aviation official who served as the 11th Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Boardfrom August 2006 through August 2008. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Chairman Rosenker was renominated by President Bush for a second term as Chair and was going through the Senate confirmation process which basically ended when President Obama was elected in November 2008. He served as acting chair starting in March 2005...
advocating tragedy
We have too long been advocating changes. It's on our most-wanted list. This is a tragedy that should not have happened.
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We will be looking at all factors. The training, human factors, the history of this particular captain and the rules and regulations he operates under,
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We want to give the port back to the captain.
details shared
We don't want to get into the details of what he shared with us.
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We'll be looking at everything in this investigation. Nothing is off the table.
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We'll be looking at operations. We'll be looking at human factors.
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We're trying to do this as quickly as possible, as safely as possible.
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We must do everything we can to reduce these needless deaths and we strongly believe that banning wireless communications devices for teen-agers learning to drive will help significantly.
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The potential consequences of these fires can be catastrophic.
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We believe that more than 500,000 vehicles equipped with air brakes may be operated by drivers who, like the Glen Rock driver, have no air brake training and therefore may not be able to operate their vehicles safely.
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We're not shooting from the hip here to hurt somebody because it seems expedient and that maybe it appears to be that way,
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The pilot is still the pilot, whether he is at a remote console or on the flight deck. With the potential for thousands of these unmanned aircraft in use years from now, the standards for pilot training need to be set high to ensure that those on the ground and other users of the airspace are not put in jeopardy.
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The increase in accidents is disappointing. But the decrease in total fatalities is a hopeful sign.
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We're going to learn a lot by using this vessel. The top of the vessel is virtually identical, and the hull is identical. That will be enough to give us what we need to know.