11.   In testimony Wednesday, Victalino raised the possibility that another pilot had made a false statement about the radar altimeter.

12.   Investigators said the pilots made no distress call.

13.   Its recommendations included requiring pilots to make themselves more conspicuous when using an active runway by turning on all their lights.

14.   Lieut. John DeFelice of the Port Authority Police said the fire was out when the pilot made the decision to evacuate.

15.   Louisiana pilots make their own rules, investigate and punish themselves and conduct secret elections to create new members.

16.   On one hand, no other pilot had made that mistake.

17.   Pilots usually make the ultimate call.

18.   Pilots must make life-and-death decisions in the critical seconds it takes BUCS to engage, and the helicopter handles differently when BUCS moves the controls electronically.

19.   Regulations aside, what makes the system really work is the unspoken pact of honor that every pilot makes with his fellow pilots.

20.   Singapore Airlines continues to deny that its pilot made any error.