Al is an instrument-rated private pilot and has played professional poker for the past three decades.
Simulators, which have long been used for the airlines and military, now are widely available for the private pilot.
The allegation relates to the instruction and examination Mr Spencer undertook for his private pilot's licence in December 2007, the court heard.
Ian King, 53, of Burns Way, Clifford, West Yorkshire, denies making a false representation to procure Mr Spencer a private pilot's licence.
"I don't think boards should have any say in their CEO's hobbies, " contends Gerard Arpey, a private pilot and former leader of AMR Corp.
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No security checks, no luggage hassles, the freedom to depart when you want, and with the commercial passenger's stresses replaced by the private pilot's joyous autonomy.
Memories of the crash had kept Snoddy -- a longtime private pilot -- out of the cockpit until his wife offered the flight as a gift for Father's Day.
Last week I popped over to Palo Alto airport in my Cessna flying carpet, sat in a corner at an ancient IBM computer and took a 60-question written quiz for my private pilot's instrument rating.
Based on the results of the private insurance pilot programs, Obamacare has it right.
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The investigation also raised the possibility that the pilot, who held a private licence, may have moved the helicopter suddenly to avoid birds.
Partially paid for by Bradesco, one of Brazil's biggest private banks, this is a useful pilot project for REDD, the burgeoning international effort to reduce deforestation and the greenhouse-gas emissions it causes.
After a seven year absence, Pilot grabbed a spot on our private company list in 2009.
Private memorial services for Commander Rick Husband, Pilot Willie McCool, Payload Commander Michael Anderson and Mission Specialists David Brown, Kalpana Chawla and Laurel Clark will take place within a few weeks.
He will probably spend the big bucks at Google.org, too, since his brief involves financing projects between the levels "between the pilot level and a big commercial roll out, " where private equity often balks.
Teachers unions have been pushing to keep the evaluations private, an effort that accelerated after New York City released the results of a pilot teacher-rating system.
After the first solo pilot tests the sub, Mr. Branson himself will pilot it to the bottom of the Puerto Rico Trench, near his private island of Necker in the British Virgin Islands.
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The Wall Street Journal reports that private equity firm CVC Capital Partners is selling approximately half of its 40% stake in Pilot Travel Centers.
The preliminary data from the first few months of pilot-testing of the rapid diagnostics, GeneXpert, was presented at a private meeting at a global TB conference in Kuala Lumpur.
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We had a private investor who seeded the development of our first film, Zambezia, which enabled us to create a pilot.
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The pilot phase of this initiative will take place over the next three years and reach out to the private sector and individuals.
He secured the agreement of his colleagues on the LEP to write to the prime minister suggesting Birmingham could pilot Lord Heseltine's new localist agenda, in partnership with the region's public and private sectors.
In the Pilot Texas Cloud Offering (PTCO), a small group of agencies were allowed to choose a virtual private cloud-based infrastructure as a service from a marketplace of service providers made available by a cloud broker.
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With support from the Endowment, a Connecticut-based firm called Collective Health has been developing a pilot project that aims to show that a well-designed asthma intervention can save enough money to induce private investors to kick in.
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