BY SCOTT JASON SJASON@MERCEDSUN-STAR.COMThe Merced Sun-Star (California) About 100 student pilots at Castle Commerce Center were evicted from their dormitories Friday because their embattled flight school didn't pay its overdue water bill. "The enthusiasm and feeling of excitement in the U.S. is no more," 19-year-old student Nauman Ahmed said sullenly. "We trusted (the school's owner)." Ahmed has been an American School of Aviation student for a year-and-a-half and is about 20 hours of flying shy of his commercial certification. Like most of ASA's students, he's owed money and not sure what his future -- or the school's future -- holds. The sullen move-out was filled with students cracking dry jokes about their hopes and dreams, now dashed. Expectations remain low. The school's being sued by Gemini Flight Support for $52,000...
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