1.   After learning to fly she took a job as a pilot with a small commuter airline based in Humberside.

2.   Delta is good for the South and South-west and has a more interesting selection of commuter airlines.

3.   Commuter airlines fly to out-of-the-way places.

4.   And business travelers are the ones who go to those locations.

5.   Analysts say many commuter airlines have been hurt by lower ridership following two fatal crashes of American Eagle planes last year.

6.   A simple idea that is gaining momentum is making the big carriers supervise safety at the little commuter airlines that feed them passengers.

7.   All three have had successful careers at commuter airlines and prefer to stay behind the scenes.

8.   Business Express, a commuter airline that has regional air service contracts with Delta, Northwest and American, also will be relocated.

9.   But commuter airlines that operate under less-stringent rules are not required to train their pilots in simulators.

10.   But two recent devastating crashes -- one on a commuter airline, American Eagle, and the other on USAir -- have heightened public concern.