41.   Pilots also could take alternative protest measures, Hall said, including a strict following of rules and regulations that would disrupt service.

42.   A Bahraini pilot took an air force helicopter and defected to nearby Qatar on Monday, requesting political asylum, the official Qatar News Agency reported.

43.   Bus drivers and truckers should face the same strict medical exams that pilots take to avoid being grounded, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board says.

44.   But pilots take a different view of why the airport has a notorious tag.

45.   Computers have enabled the pilots to take over the functions of the flight engineer and navigator.

46.   Findlay refused to disclose what actions the pilots will take.

47.   Geert Vertongen from the Belgian Cockpit Association said pilots would not take a position until after being briefed Wednesday evening.

48.   He said Liu demanded that the pilot take him anywhere in China.

49.   In the end, pilots took a deal largely similar to the original proposal.

50.   Investigators have not been able to explain why the pilot took off on the closed runway, which ran parallel to the airstrip he was supposed to use.