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

2.   As for maintenance requirements, all airlines -- from small commuters to big carriers -- are required to meet Federal Aviation Administration maintenance standards.

3.   Business travelers accustomed to trudging across airport pavement and up metal staircases to board small commuter planes are beginning to get relief at some midwestern U.S. airports.

4.   But in his writings, Kahn has cited the example of Northwest Airlines and Spirit Airlines, a small commuter carrier.

5.   From our window, we watch the small commuter planes take-off and land every half-hour.

6.   He noted that the FAA had recently committed itself to one level of safety for adult passengers, whether they are on big jets or small commuter planes.

7.   The badge, issued to a ticket taker at a small commuter airline, theoretically allowed access only to a low-security section of the terminal.

8.   The eastern Caribbean faces too little jet service to the rest of the world, he said, but a glut of small commuter air services within the region.

9.   The emphasis was on small commuter cars, a couple of hybrids and an electric mini.

10.   The new runway will increase capacity, cut passenger delays and reduce congestion by providing landing space for small commuter planes that now back up large, faster jets.