Pilot Who Flew Near Tornado Appeals FAA Suspension   

If Mother Nature doesn't get you, the FAA surely will. That should be the lesson learned by an airline pilot who allegedly pushed his luck along with that of all the passengers aboard his jet. The Northwest Airlines pilot has been ordered suspended for 45 days for trying to land his jetliner amid high winds and an apparent tornado, federal officials said. Michael Hughes, of Collierville (TN), "was careless and endangered the lives and property of others" when he tried to land the DC-9 at Sioux Falls airport last June, according to the FAA's suspension order, issued Tuesday. Hughes ultimately landed the plane in Omaha (NE). He has appealed the suspension and can fly in the meantime.