21.   An Emirates air force commander among the entourage seems in awe of the decorated American pilot.

22.   And mocked for reports of its overblown plot, revolving around a love triangle between two American pilots and a nurse in the days before the attack.

23.   And in an unusual trade-off, the deal would give American pilots facing furloughs the right to bump some Eagle pilots to fly the jets at Eagle rates.

24.   And that is, you cannot risk the loss of one American pilot.

25.   Additionally, American pilots tend to work fewer days and are considered to have the best retirement benefits in the industry.

26.   After a dozen twists and turns, this advantage would accumulate so that a crafty American pilot could maneuver himself into a firing position behind the enemy.

27.   After capturing the injured American pilot, North Vietnamese interrogators tortured Johnson by bending his broken arm behind his back until he passed out.

28.   But American pilots were regularly smoking the MiGs.

29.   But for many American pilots the Reno purchase was the last straw after years of acrimonious relations with management.

30.   But if the big fleet shrinks and American lays off pilots, a limited number of furloughed American pilots could bump the Eagle pilots and captain the smaller jets.