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          training fee with a personal check made out to “Continental                 
          Express”.                                                                   
               Every pilot hired to fly with CE was required to take the              
          Beech 1900D training program regardless of the pilot’s level of             
          experience.  Pilots were required to successfully complete new-             
          hire training prior to their assignment to commercial flights.              
          The requirement that newly hired pilots complete a training                 
          program is commonplace among commercial airlines.                           
               CE’s new-hire training included a substantial amount of                
          corporate indoctrination.  The training also took the pilots                
          through CE’s operations manual and 2 to 3 days of aircraft                  
          systems training.  The systems training included “a handout of              
          the systems of a Beech 1900D, the air-conditioning systems, the             
          pressurizations, electrical hydraulic, and so forth, and * * * an           
          overview of the systems.”  Pilots were required to fly the                  
          aircraft and show the instructors that they were proficient with            
          the aircraft’s operating systems.  Each pilot flew approximately            
          four night training flights, and on the fifth flight an                     
          instructor determined whether the pilot was fit to fly for CE.              
          Petitioner’s instructor determined that his skills and abilities            
          qualified him to begin accepting regular CE piloting assignments.           











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