11.   Inslee said such a step is necessary because federal pipeline safety regulators have been notoriously lax and some pipeline companies have not vigorously inspected and monitored their systems.

12.   Safety regulators have been concerned about the tendency for ridges of ice to form behind the de-icing boots, disrupting airflow.

13.   She added that the company was outraged that safety regulators had waited eight months after the test before releasing the results.

14.   She said air safety regulators would have to approve the changes before allowing the Concordes to fly again.

15.   She wants companies to shed their reluctance to share reports of problems with safety regulators.

16.   The apology came during tense Senate and House hearings in which Firestone, Ford Motor Co. and federal safety regulators were blasted for not sounding the alarm quickly enough.

17.   The coalition is headed by Diane Steed, the top highway safety regulator in the Reagan administration.

18.   The letter said that safety would improve if the air traffic controllers and the safety regulators were in separate agencies.

19.   The post-accident statements by top FAA and Transportation Department officials downplaying any deep safety implications for air travel sounded more like the talk of boosters than safety regulators.

20.   Two leading airbag advocates urged federal safety regulators Wednesday to require cars to have dual-speed airbags to protect against injury or death in low-speed crashes.