1.  Alpha Tango Flying Service, a flight school that was formerly at the airfield frequently trained foreign pilots, Bruce said.

2.  Elliott said in one training flight, a controller told a foreign pilot to cross the river and turn right, and then he would see the airport.

3.  Foreign pilots flying U.S. routes are supposed to adhere to international standards that mirror FAA rules, but enforcement is the responsibility of the home country.

4.  In November, even before the visa rules were changed for all foreign students, Congress acted to increase the scrutiny of foreign pilots studying here.

5.  One official, who asked not to be identified by name, said that Italian law called for foreign pilots to be using Italian maps.

6.  The FAA changes included asking foreign pilots and some general aviation pilots to use the procedure and formalizing rules under which a pilot can abort a LAHSO landing.

7.  The NTSB made several recommendations to the FAA on Tuesday, among them that controllers speak more slowly, especially to foreign pilots.

8.  The union said that major complaints are the higher salaries given to foreign pilots and the long work hours.

9.  Whatever the problems at the counters, foreign pilots said they were pleased.

10.  And apparently wary of publicizing the fighter planes or their foreign pilots, the government has sharply curtailed media visits to air bases.