51.  It also said the merger would benefit American pilots by speeding up promotion to captain.

52.  It was the second time that one of the vaunted attack helicopters crashed while American pilots prepare to deploy them in Kosovo.

53.  Japan Airlines, losing its competition with trimmer foreign airlines, is hiring Thai flight attendants and American pilots because it can no longer afford Japanese.

54.  John Cherrey, who was awarded the Silver Star for courage in his efforts to rescue an American pilot downed over Serbia.

55.  Kuchenmeister was taken to a hospital, and Bonnell, the only qualified American pilot in Cleveland at the time, flew the plane back to Fort Worth.

56.  Luong Thi Ty, woman wearing conical hat, helped capture a second American pilot the following day.

57.  McCurry said the president signed off last week on secret contingency plans in Bosnia to use only American forces to retrieve the American pilot.

58.  Most died because the Pentagon refused to allow American pilots to fly low enough to avoid mistaking civilian targets for military ones.

59.  No U.S. planes were hit during these clashes, which Saddam might have initiated in an attempt to capture an American pilot, Zinni said.

60.  Now, American pilots are talking about joining ALPA or somehow allying with a national union that would give them more clout.