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-23- the privileges of their certifi-cate in piloting aircraft so long as such aircraft are not engaged in air carrier operations. They could still serve as training or instructor pilots for airlines or flying schools, pilot executive or privately owned business aircraft, or pilot any other aircraft for which they are engaged in any type of operation other than the carriage of persons or property as a common carrier for compensation or hire or the carriage of mail in interstate, overseas or foreign air transportation." 30. In our congested airways, with so great the current concern for the avoidance of mid-air collusions, it seems inconsistent and unsupportable to permit any person to go aloft as a pilot under any circumstances if in fact such person represents an unacceptable risk in any airborne environment. Indeed, the safety of airline passengers is more seriously endangered by an incapable pilot in a nearby aircraft than it would be by the incapacity of a pilot in their own aircraft; unlike airline aircraft, where a fail-safe crew is most likely to be functioning, no such requirement or likelihood is applicable to other non-airline airplanes. In addition, consider for example, an airline flight