11.  But today Diefenderfer, a former commercial pilot and aviation safety inspector, has seen her dreams grounded by the bloody politics of airline regulation.

12.  By mid-January more than half a dozen planes had been hijacked to Cuba, and Cuban air maps had become standard issue for U.S. commercial pilots.

13.  Commercial pilots then spend years working as a flight instructors to build the time and flight hours they need for airline jobs.

14.  Evacuated by a passing boat on the White Nile, they found a commercial pilot who offered to fly them to Entebbe in Uganda.

15.  Even the release of transcripts has upset commercial pilots and their union.

16.  FAA regulations list several mental health diagnoses that would disqualify a commercial pilot.

17.  Her father, Adrian, a retired commercial pilot, shuttles between homes in Florida and England.

18.  Her husband was gone most of the time, enjoying first a stint in the Air Force and then a job as a commercial pilot.

19.  Komich said commercial pilots are bitten by the same bug.

20.  Lilian Bryner, a former commercial pilot from Switzerland, arrived with jet lag, having flown in that morning from her home in Lugano.