There are 43 recommendations to the FAA that are being held in an 'Open-Unacceptable Response' status. The money and technology are there and air travel should be as safe as possible.
Safety delayed is safety denied.
For example, passengers should not be forced to wait ten years for upgraded flight data recorders. In July 1997, the FAA gave the airlines another four years of delay until 2001. Passengers should not be forced to wait until 2001, five years after ValuJet, to have their aircraft equipped with smoke detectors and fire suppression equipment in the cargohold. The FAA should direct the airlines to require that all passengers under the age of two be secured in a child restraint seat . All passengers should have safe transportation, especially our children.