21.   After the landing, in the privacy of the cockpit, the two experienced pilots replayed the incident, according to conversations picked up by the cockpit recorder.

22.   Both were highly experienced pilots, police said.

23.   But all major commercial flights into Jackson Hole must be flown by an experienced pilot familiar with the airport.

24.   But Esser points out that bad things happen faster in a complex aircraft because there are more things to manage, a challenge to even an experienced pilot.

25.   But sometimes distractions overwhelm even the most experienced pilot.

26.   But the larger balloons are usually flown by the most experienced pilots, he said.

27.   Experienced pilots and ground controllers say this is largely due to insufficient training, inadequate communications and night-vision gear and outdated tactics and doctrine.

28.   Fire Department officials said Robinson, an experienced pilot with thousands of hours of training, radioed for help and shut off the fuel line.

29.   He said both the pilot, Michael Greenlee, and the first officer, James Hayes, were experienced pilots.

30.   He said both the pilot, Michael R. Greenlee, and the first officer, James Hayes, were experienced pilots.