1.   Along with upgrading commuter standards and increasing inspections, they said they will invite airline executives and safety officials to Washington next month for a conference on safety.

2.   Amanpour, the daughter of an Iranian airline executive, and Rubin, the son of a suburban New York publisher, plan a summer wedding in London.

3.   Analysts and rival airline executives said none of the options is attractive.

4.   And some airline executives have talked about whether the job should be taken away from the Federal Aviation Administration and given to a private company.

5.   Because his father was a airline executive he had access to free tickets until early September.

6.   Bethune and AMR Chairman Donald Carty will be among the airline executives in attendance.

7.   According to analysts and rival airline executives, none of their options is attractive.

8.   After four consecutive years of record profits, many airline executives contended they had finally learned how to increase profits consistently in the notoriously cyclical industry.

9.   Airline executives expect the new insurance company to begin operating in two to three months.

10.   Airline executives expressed worries about a potential slowdown as recently as last fall.