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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am only trying to be fair. Let me be clear to the witness, because I want to get this right. The witness has made very serious charges about our regulator. This is the first I have seen of this documentation, so we need to get the regulator's response to it. The witness is saying that when complaints are made to it, it may not or does not respond and that it is a black hole. That does...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am just not happy with this process at the moment. I do not know how other members feel. Safety is such a huge issue, and transparency about the points that the witness is making is very important. We are seeing them in the order that the witness is making them in now, and I am concerned about that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)
Fergus O'Dowd: The budget is next week, but I agree that we ought to have sight of everything the witness wishes to say in one document, on consecutive pages, and because it is such a serious and important matter he is bringing to our attention, the people mentioned in it ought to have a copy of it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)
Fergus O'Dowd: The witness did not use the word "respond".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)
Fergus O'Dowd: It is all the more reason for us to have a copy of the documentation and reflect on it. I honestly believe the important point about Oireachtas committees is that we have to have everybody's confidence, including the public. I am not happy. I accept how serious the allegations are because, effectively, Mr. Cullen is saying the IAA is not doing its job on critical safety issues. That is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am not happy with what Mr. Cullen said.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is what we agreed, but as I understand it, the pilots would not come.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)
Fergus O'Dowd: I agree.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)
Fergus O'Dowd: As Chairman, I want to hear everybody's views, but personally I believe I cannot allow the meeting to proceed unless and until we receive a copy of what the delegates are going to say. I appreciate that we will have it soon and we will reconvene when we receive it. We could not have it any other way as the issues are so serious and of such importance that we need to do justice to what the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is a matter for him. I would be very happy for him to do so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)
Fergus O'Dowd: But we have only seen it-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)
Fergus O'Dowd: We must act fairly for Mr. Cullen and for us.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)
Fergus O'Dowd: They are all in the book, but we do not know the order in which they are coming.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)
Fergus O'Dowd: I accept that, but we do not know which page is which.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)
Fergus O'Dowd: I want to make sure members are happy with the way in which we intend to proceed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)
Fergus O'Dowd: Yes, they are.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)
Fergus O'Dowd: Does anyone else wish to say anything?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Deputy emailed me at 9.25 a.m. As I explained, I was at a committee meeting until 11.45 a.m. and contacted her immediately on receiving the email.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)
Fergus O'Dowd: I do not have a difficulty with that proposal. What is important is that the delegates before us are not just anybody, they are pilots and we are dealing with such a serious issue. Our record in this country on air safety is excellent. The IAA has a top-class record in the world rankings. I do not want any question-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Working Hours of Pilots and Pilot Welfare: Irish Air Line Pilots Association (4 Oct 2017)
Fergus O'Dowd: The IAA will need to see everything that has been presented. We all need to agree-----