1.   Both have optical equipment that allows pilots to carry out nighttime bombing missions.

2.   And it would authorize the FAA to allow pilots to carry guns.

3.   As part of their survival kit, pilots carry emergency beacons.

4.   Boettcher is a member of the board of the Allied Pilots Association, which strongly favors letting pilots carry guns.

5.   Both would add federal marshals on airplanes, make cockpits more secure, increase law enforcement at airports and allow pilots to carry firearms.

6.   -- The Air Line Pilots Association urged a House subcommittee to allow pilots to carry firearms in cockpits.

7.   -- The Air Line Pilots Association urged Congress to change current laws to allow pilots to carry firearms in airplane cockpits.

8.   Bush did not endorse allowing commercial airline pilots to carry weapons, as the Airline Pilots Association called for earlier this week.

9.   But the battle for guns in the cockpit now moves to Congress, which is considering legislation to allow trained pilots to carry weapons on board.

10.   Dr. Dabezies said he recommends that pilots carry reading glasses and wear contact lenses only for distance.