21.   The decision may be made by pilots who accompany the tankers out of Lake Maracaibo.

22.   The next day NATO spokesman Jamie Shea acknowledged that the pilot made a mistake.

23.   The pilot made an emergency landing in the Afghan desert.

24.   The pilots never made a distress call.

25.   The union disproves because commuter pilots make less than those on the main carrier.

26.   Then they created an animated film showing how even a conscientious pilot could make mistakes about the altitude.

27.   Pilots also must make quick ascents during takeoff to avoid the mountains.

28.   Pilots could make a loudspeaker announcement after a firm landing to explain why it was the safest thing.

29.   A worker at the small Scapoose airport near Portland had reported to the Federal Aviation Administration that the pilot made the vague threat on Tuesday before taking off.

30.   An American Airlines pilot made an unscheduled landing Sunday after crew members found a box cutter left on the plane by a catering employee.