Originally Posted by
Flight Safety
...The NTSB in the public hearings want to discuss training, cold weather operations, and fatigue, amoung other things.
Not just NTSB but other interested parties. One of the purposes (and, perhaps, strengths) of the public hearing is that it provides a formal venue whereby "outsiders" can throw their own theories, ideas and, yes, prejudices onto the table. I'd be astonished if, say, the pilot representatives don't bring at least some of those topics up.