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

12and I am not making the technical decisions.manager.Iama12463so,we are on top of this as much as we can4567be. I have 1,000 resources at my beck and call. About350 of those are engineers. We will put whateverpeople we need to on this -- on this effort.I think it is important to recognize that the8real message behind Ms.Garvey’s letter is that we9have -- there is no doubt, we are going to do10something.What is up for debate is how are we going11121314to take those three sides of the triangle and develop asynergy of those solutions that is the best solutionfor this and all other possible ignition sources.MR. SWAIM: Great, thank you. That is what I15wanted to hear.My next question is –– you had16mentioned –– you had used the word “minimizing the17flammability” earlier.My question is, how far in1819202122general terms are we talking?Are we talking a six percent reduction in thetime that we have a flammability problem, or are wetalking about reducing to six percent the exposure, orare we talking about trying to make it go away totally?23WITNESS McSWEENEY:I believe the words I24used and the words that are in our documentation are25“minimize or eliminate.”We haven’t ruled outCAPITAL HILL REPORTING, INC.(202) 466-9500