1.   One American pilot was forced to ditch his jet in the Gulf.

2.   American Eagle pilots, who are represented by a different union, earn about one-fourth what American pilots do.

3.   American pilots also could move their control sticks a fraction easier and faster.

4.   American pilots say they are also concerned that the airline is trying to use lower-paid pilots to replace some of their jobs.

5.   American pilots took advantage of the clear skies, circling their targets as they dropped bomb after bomb.

6.   American pilot John Manganaro said he believed the union was likely to strike at the end of the cooling-off period.

7.   American pilot Randy Jamieson said he voted for the contract and was not surprised at how easily it passed.

8.   American pilots confront the first jet-propelled German fighter-interceptor planes in mid-August.

9.   American pilots have been patrolling that region frequently in search of escaping Taliban and al-Qaida fighters.

10.   American pilots went on strike early Saturday before being ordered back to work minutes later by President Bill Clinton.