Transcript of Hearing 12/12/97 - TWA Flight 800 Investigation

12231reasons,like airline dispatch requirements, have23components in them that go beyond –– and levels ofsafety that go beyond what the regulations require.4Those are for economic reasons.They are not5for safety reasons.They are so that when you are6sitting at the gate and a particular component happens7to fail,they can go to the master minimum equipment8list,or their minimum equipment list, they can do what9101112131415161718192021is necessary and dispatch the airplane so the hundredsof people on that airplane can get to theirdestination. So, that is kind of why that equipment isin there.(Tape change. )Q Thank you, sir. Is there -- let’s take ahypothetical situation in which an airline decided thatthey wanted to speed up the process that we perhaps arebeginning here and try an advance type of system.Would there be anything in the certificationregulations that would prohibit somebody from movingahead in a more quick manner? –– and the FAR is what Iam referring to.22AThere is nothing prohibiting anybody from232425putting anything in the airplane that will improvesafety. We would have to do two things. We would haveto make sure that it is, in fact, an improvement inCAPITAL HILL REPORTING, INC.(202) 466-9500