1.   Although the federal government would still oversee aviation safety, the new corporation would be freed from most government regulations regarding personnel and purchases.

2.   And they say that their recommendations Friday about ways to guard against a similar explosion are meant to fulfill their mandate to improve aviation safety.

3.   Arnold Barnett, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a consultant on aviation safety, said it was difficult to measure safety simply by accidents.

4.   Bag-matching was one of the ideas mentioned Wednesday at a U.S. Senate committee hearing on aviation safety, the Associated Press reported.

5.   After not too long, however, the paranoid Drake goes on the lam and plots a loud, terroristic statement in the interests of aviation safety.

6.   After summarizing her long-standing concerns at a congressional hearing on aviation safety two weeks ago, Ms. Schiavo said, it was time to move on.

7.   But Americans should be able to count on a vigilant FAA to insure the highest practicable levels of aviation safety.

8.   But the question has considerable political overtones, mostly because aviation safety strikes an emotional chord with people.

9.   By law, the FAA is charged with promoting aviation industry and regulating aviation safety.

10.   Curtis, who has a doctorate in aviation safety and has participated in crash investigations, said he had never seen anything like it.