21.   Bonanza began a voluntary training program in Las Vegas to arm its pilots, and Worley was one of the first to sign up.

22.   Both Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta and Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge previously indicated their opposition to arming pilots.

23.   Bush was said to be cool to the idea of arming pilots.

24.   But arming pilots is a move born out of desperation.

25.   But Bush seemed cool to a proposal to arm pilots.

26.   He said it was up to individual countries to decide if they want to arm pilots.

27.   If Congress passed a law arming pilots, however, Magaw said he would follow it.

28.   Sen. Conrad Burns, a Montana Republican and a co-sponsor of legislation to arm pilots, asked Magaw to reconsider his opposition.

29.   The association does not support arming pilots with guns and is pushing for more uniform security standards across national boundaries, Jeanniot said.

30.   Two House Republicans have introduced legislation to arm pilots and the House Transportation Committee is scheduled to take up the bill this week.