11.   The pilots are protesting conditions in parts of the shipping channel leading from the western lake out to the Gulf of Venezuela.

12.   The pilots also are protesting the arrest of three pilots who steered tankers aground in the past six weeks.

13.   For the last six days, the pilots have been protesting a government policy that promoted senior flight attendants over co-pilots.

14.   He would not comment on the reasons for the strike but according to Belgian radio the pilots are protesting against an increased workload.

15.   The eight striking pilots are protesting what they call mismanagement of the debt-crippled national carrier, which was declared bankrupt last week.

16.   The highly paid pilots are protesting planned salary cuts.

17.   The pilots were protesting pay cuts planned by Air France, which is currently restructuring and needs to free up capital to modernize the company and its planes.

18.   The newspaper said unconfirmed reports suggested the pilot had protested flying the plane to Bunia instead of Kasese, but that the others on board had insisted.

19.   The newspaper said pilots protested that problems with runway lights were not fixed quickly and some sections were dimmed or extinguished by faulty power supply.

20.   The pilots are protesting over contract disputes, a spokesman for the FILT-CGIL transport union, Alberto Cassandra, said.