The new trial is scheduled to begin on 15 October 2012, with the pilot again facing trial in absentia.

The pilot faced the rats, gun in one hand, flashlight in the other.

The President also said that the situation the pilots faced was "very obviously a hostile threat."

In a sense, their quandary was no different from what pilots of commercial jets face under similar circumstances.

The pilot swung out of his rest and floated, facing them.

Many a pilot had faced the same kind of thing in The Pitts.

The pilots did not face courts-martial but were reprimanded.

Both captain and first officer turned to see that the pilot was facing them.

If charged, the pilot and crew could face court-martial and prison sentences, the officials said.

The pilot squared his shoulders and faced the scanner.